Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
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His Excellency Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Pakiam PSM, PJN |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Kuala Lumpur | |
Motto: Mercy and Peace
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Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur Latin: Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis |
| Installed | 29 May 2003 |
| Term ended | 13 December 2013 |
| Predecessor | Anthony Soter Fernandez |
| Successor | Julian Leow Beng Kim |
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| Ordination | 10 May 1964 |
| Consecration | 4 October 1995 |
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| Born |
6 December 1938 Tapah, Perak, Malaysia |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Rumah Uskup Agung [Archbishop's House], Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur |
| Alma mater | De La Salle University |
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Styles of Murphy Pakiam |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (born 6 December 1938) is the third metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pakiam was born in Tapah, Perak and was ordained into the priesthood on 10 May 1964. He was appointed metropolitan archbishop of Kuala Lumpur on 24 May 2003, and was installed five days later. Pakiam is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; and the publisher of the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Herald.
In 2007, Pakiam filed for a judicial review after The Herald was ordered to stop using the Arabic word "Allah" in its publication by the Malaysian government. In 2009, the High Court overturned the government's ban of the word. In 2010, he accepted the public apology of Al-Islam magazine, which had sent two reporters to a Catholic church the year before, where they desecrated the Eucharist.
Pakiam was born in Tapah, Perak, on the feast day of the popular saint of children, St. Nicholas. Educated at the Sultan Yusuf School in Batu Gajah, he entered the minor seminary in 1955 and started his priestly formation at the College General in Penang three years later. Pakiam was ordained a priest on 10 May 1964, and served as assistant priest at the Church of St. Louis, Taiping. The following year, he was posted to the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Penang and became the Parish Priest of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Silibin, Ipoh from 1970–72.
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