The Most Reverend Julian Leow Beng Kim |
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Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur | |
Julian Leow Beng Kim in 2017
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See | Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur |
Predecessor | Murphy Pakiam |
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Ordination | 20 April 2002 by Anthony Soter Fernandez |
Consecration | 6 October 2014 by John Ha Tiong Hock |
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Born |
Seremban, Malaysia |
3 January 1964
Nationality | Malaysian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Previous post | Dean of Studies and Formator at College General, Penang |
Alma mater |
Styles of Julian Leow Beng Kim |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Most Rev. Julian Leow Beng Kim, C.H.L (Gregoriana); C.H.B (Gregoriana); B. Th (Urbanianum), B. Build (UNSW, Aust), (born 3 January 1964) is a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was named the fourth metropolitan Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur on 3 July 2014, the Feast of St Thomas by Pope Francis. He is fully styled as His Grace or The Most Reverend Julian Leow, Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur. St. John's Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur is the seat of Archbishop Leow, and the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur.
Archbishop Leow was born on 3 January 1964, in Seremban. He obtained a Bachelor of Building from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in the year 1989. He then studied at College General, Penang from 1994 to 2001. He was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur on 20 April 2002, by Most Rev Anthony Soter Fernandez.
Archbishop Leow has also obtained a Licentiate in Church History from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He also served as the Dean of Studies and formator at College General, Penang from the year 2010 until his appointment as the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.