Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Malaysia
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- Regarding Malaccan Peninsula (first and second period):
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- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
- Goa (detached from Funchal) - India
- - Second period - Regarding Malacca-Singapore (1841):
- 1558
- Cochin (detached from Goa) - India
- 1606
- São Tomé of Meliapore (formed from preexistent diocese of Calamina, now detached from Cochin) - India *
- 1662
- Siam (AV, established by the "Propaganda Fide" in Roma; missionaries sent from Cochin China and from Tonking) - Thailand *
- 1722
- Ava and Pegu (AV, detached from São Tomé of Meliapore) - Myanmar
- Regarding Labuan and Borneo:
- 1807
- Batavia (AP) - Indonesia
- 1841
- Batavia (AV) - Indonesia
- 1558
- Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1838
- Malacca (D, suppressed, territory joined to Ava and Pegu AV) - Burma
- 1840
- (The Malacca peninsula part of Ava and Pegu transferred to Siam AV) - Malaysia, Thailand)
- 1841
- Western Siam (AV detached from Siam AV) - (Malacca, Straits Settlement, Siam) Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
- 1841
- Malay Peninsula (AV, new name, previously Western Siam AV) - (Malacca, Straits Settlement, Siam) Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
- 18??
- Malacca-Singapore (AV, new name, previously Malay Peninsula AV) - (Malacca, Straits Settlement, Siam) Malaysia, Singapore, Siam
- 1855
- Labuan and Borneo (AP, detached from Batavia AV) - (Malacca) Malaysia
- 1888
- Malacca (D, and new name, previously Malacca-Singapore AV) - (Malacca, Straits Settlement) Malaysia, Singapore
- 1927
- Northern Borneo (AP, new name, previously Labuan and Borneo AP) - (Malacca) Malaysia
- 1927
- Sarawak (AP, detached from Labuan and Borneo) - (Malacca) Malaysia
- 1952
- Jesselton (AV, and new name, previously Northern Borneo AP) - (Malayan Federation) Malaysia
- 1952
- Kuching (AV, and new name, previously Sarawak AP) - (Malayan Federation) Malaysia
- 1953
- Malacca (AD) - (Singapore, Malayan Federation) Singapore, Malaysia
- 1955
- Kuala Lumpur (detached from Malacca) - Malaysia
- 1955
- Penang (detached from Malacca) - Malaysia
- 1955
- Malacca-Singapore (Metr., and new name, previously Malacca D) - Malaysia, Singapore
- 1959
- Miri (AV, detached from Kuching) - Malaysia
- 1972
- Kuala Lumpur (Metr.) - Malaysia
- 1972
- Malacca-Johore (detached from Malacca-Singapore) - Malaysia
- 1976
- Kota Kinabalu (new name, previously Jesselton) - Malaysia
- 1976
- Kuching (Metr., was part of the Matropolitan Province of Kuala Lumpur) - Malaysia
- 1976
- Miri - Malaysia
- 1985
- Melaka-Johor (new name, previously Malacca-Johore) - Malaysia
- 1986
- Sibu (detached from Kuching) - Malaysia
- 1993
- Keningau (detached from Kota Kinabalu) - Malaysia
- 2007
- Sandakan (detached from Kota Kinabalu) - Malaysia
- 2008
- Kota Kinabalu (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Kuching) - Malaysia