Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching

Archdiocese of Kuching Archidioecesis Kuchingensis Keuskupan Agung Kuching
St Joseph Cathedral, Kuching
Location
Country	Malaysia
Ecclesiastical province	Kuching
Statistics
Area	19,173 km2 (7,403 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,199,000 188,725 (15.7%)
Parishes	18
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1976
Cathedral	St Joseph's Cathedral in Kuching
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng
Suffragans	Diocese of Miri Diocese of Sibu Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam
Vicar General	William Sabang
Emeritus Bishops	John Ha Tiong Hock, Peter Chung Hoan Ting Archbishop Emeritus (1976-2003)
Website
kuchingcatholic.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuching (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuchingensis) is a Metropolitan Latin archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, however remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is St Joseph’s Cathedral, in Kuching, Sarawak.

Former auxiliary bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was appointed Archbishop of Kuching by Pope Francis on 4 March 2017 following John Ha Tiong Hock's resignation.

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archbishopric and the following suffragan sees, both daughter dioceses :

(all Latin Church; initially missionary members of a Latin Congregation)

As per 2014, it pastorally served 192,569 Catholics (15.8% of 1,216,000 total) on 19,173 km² in 12 parishes with 37 priests (26 diocesan, 11 religious), 82 lay religious (13 brothers, 69 sisters), 5 seminarians. It also has a Major seminary of St. Peter.

There are about 19 parishes and chapels administering many outstations around the archdiocese.

Coordinates: 1°33′03″N 110°20′31″E / 1.5508°N 110.3420°E / 1.5508; 110.3420