Roman Catholic Diocese of Miri

Diocese of Miri Dioecesis Miriensis Keuskupan Miri
Front View of St Joseph's Cathedral Miri in 2003
Location
Country	Malaysia
Ecclesiastical province	Kuching
Metropolitan	Kuching
Statistics
Area	66,135 km2 (25,535 sq mi)[a]
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 877,492[a] 113,382[a] (12.9%)
Parishes	15[a]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)[1]
Cathedral	St Joseph's Cathedral, Miri
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Language	Ecclesiastical Latin English language Iban language Mandarin language Malay language
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Richard Ng
Metropolitan Archbishop	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Vicar General	Francis Kuleh Usat
Bishops emeritus	Anthony Lee Kok Hin
Website
www.miridiocese.org[dead link]

The Diocese of Miri (Lat: Dioecesis Mirensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Malaysia. Situated northeast of the Archdiocese of Kuching, of which it is a suffragan diocese. St. Joseph's Cathedral in Miri serves as both the diocesan cathedral and the seat of bishop.

In 1959, when the Vicariate was established, Anthony Denis Galvin, a Mill Hill priest, was appointed as the first Apostolic Vicar until his death in 1976. Anthony Lee Kok Hin, a local priest from Miri, was appointed as the second Apostolic Vicar and subsequently become the first bishop of Miri in 1977 when Pope Paul VI elevates the Vicariate into full diocese status. In 2013, following his resignation, Pope Francis granted Rev. Fr. Richard Ng, a Kuching-born priest, as his successor and he was installed as the second bishop of this diocese in 2014.

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