Bishop of Kuching
The Bishop of Kuching is the ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Kuching in the Church of the Province of South East Asia. The bishop exercises episcopal authority over Anglican churches in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and in the independent nation of Brunei Darussalam.
Bishop of Kuching | |
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| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
| Incumbent: Danald Jute @ Donald Alvin Jute Aheng | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | South East Asia |
| Information | |
| First holder | Francis Thomas McDougall |
| Established | 1855, current establishment in 1962 |
| Diocese | Kuching |
| Cathedral | St. Thomas' Cathedral |
The see is in the city of Kuching where the seat of the bishop is located at the St. Thomas' Cathedral in Jalan McDougall, Kuching,
originally built in 1848 and consecrated in 1851 as the home church and base for the Borneo Church Mission in Sarawak. The first Bishop of Kuching to be styled as such was appointed in 1962.
In 1968, Basil Temenggong 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, Bolly Lapok.
The bishop's residence is in The Bishop's House on a small hill in Kuching known as College Hill within the compound of the Cathedral. Initially constructed in 1849 as The Mission House and served as the first dispensary in Kuching.