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was appointed the bishop of the diocese, becoming the first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed to the seat. The current bishop is Danald Jute who was appointed after the retirement of the former bishop,
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Churches in the Straits Settlements separated from the Diocese of Calcutta and placed under the Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak. Diocese renamed Diocese of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore.
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Churches in Singapore were separated from the Diocese to form its own Diocese of Singapore. The Diocese reverted to the name of Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak.
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Unfortunately political conventions of the day did not allow for an Anglican diocese to be created outside territories administered directly by the
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Basil Temenggong, the first Sarawakian, consecrated and enthroned the Bishop of Kuching. The Diocese of Jesselton changed to the Diocese of Sabah.
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The first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed as bishop. After Temenggong died suddenly, the former Assistant Bishop of Kuching,
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on a small hill in Kuching known as College Hill within the compound of the Cathedral. Initially constructed in 1849 as
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began in 1848 under the auspices of the Borneo Church Mission. Episcopal authority of the mission was placed with the
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and Sarawak was technically an independent kingdom under British protection. This difficulty was overcome when a
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The diocese was separated into the Diocese of Kuching and the Diocese of Jesselton (later renamed the
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where the seat of the bishop is located at the St. Thomas' Cathedral in Jalan McDougall, Kuching,
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The First Years - Being the early history of The Council of the Church in South East Aisa
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This arrangement continued until the 1962 division of the Diocese of Borneo into the
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originally built in 1848 and consecrated in 1851 as the home church and base for the
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in Sarawak. The first Bishop of Kuching to be styled as such was appointed in 1962.
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The diocese was renamed the Diocese of Borneo and included Anglican missions in
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supporting the move and contributing a sum of £5,000 towards the endowment.
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was separated from the diocese and the diocese reverted to the name
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No. 5208. 7 December 1962. p. 1. 8: 795:"Diocese of Kuching - St. Thomas' Cathedral" 910: 908: 17: 1239:Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops 818: 816: 732:Church of the Province of South East Asia 333:Bishops of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore 222:Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 135:Church of the Province of South East Asia 847: 845: 293: 754: 1264:Anglican bishops of Labuan and Sarawak 994: 992: 944:. Diocese of Singapore. Archived from 1060:– via UK Press Online archives. 52:Danald Jute @ Donald Alvin Jute Aheng 7: 1180:. Diocese of Kuching. Archived from 1127:"Borneo: The Land of River and Palm" 918:. Diocese of Kuching. Archived from 852:Peter, Varney (July–December 1969). 797:. Diocese of Kuching. Archived from 768:. Diocese of Kuching. Archived from 605:, returned to be the acting Bishop. 1244:Anglican bishops in Asia by diocese 887:"Bishop's House - a state heritage" 763:"Diocese of Kuching - Our Location" 91:1855, current establishment in 1962 14: 145:and in the independent nation of 1073:"Allenby, David Howard Nicholas" 942:"Diocese of Singapore - History" 696: 916:"Diocese of Kuching - About Us" 889:. mysarawak.org. Archived from 1259:1855 establishments in Sarawak 676:Current incumbent since 2017. 387:Bishops of Labuan and Sarawak 235:was made in 1855 erecting the 1: 722:Anglican Diocese of Singapore 658:Archbishop of South East Asia 582:Assistant Bishop of Worcester 485:Assistant Bishop of Leicester 297:Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak 261:Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak 237:Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak 190:The bishop's residence is in 1087:UK public library membership 1082:. 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Index

Kuching
Ecclesiastical province
South East Asia
Kuching
Bishop
ordinary
Anglican
Diocese of Kuching
Church of the Province of South East Asia
Malaysian
Sarawak
Brunei Darussalam
see
Kuching

Basil Temenggong
Bolly Lapok
Diocese of Kuching
Kingdom of Sarawak
Diocese of Calcutta
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
British Crown
letters patent
Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak
British Crown Colony
Labuan
British North Borneo
Strait Settlements
Diocese of Singapore
Diocese of Sabah

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