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Diocese of West Malaysia

March 23, 2023

The Diocese of West Malaysia is an Anglican diocese which covers the entire West Malaysia. The Diocese of West Malaysia (DWM) was founded on 8 April 1970, as DWM together with Diocese of Singapore split from Diocese of Singapore and Malaya. As a result, Diocese of Singapore and Malaya was dissolved.

The Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia
Location
Ecclesiastical province
Archdeaconries
  • Upper North Archdeaconry
  • Lower North Archdeaconry
  • Upper Central Archdeaconry
  • Middle Central Archdeaconry
  • Lower Central Archdeaconry
  • Southern Archdeaconry
  • Eastern Archdeaconry
Headquarters
  • No 214, Jalan Pahang, 53000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Statistics
Parishes
  • 145
Members
  • 36,628
Information
Denomination
Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop
  • The Rt Rev Dr D Steven Abbarow
Suffragans
  • The Rt Rev Dr Jason Selvaraj

Area Bishop of Southern Peninsular

  • The Rt Rev Dr Stephan Soe Chee Cheng
Area Bishop of Northern Peninsular
Website
anglicanwestmalaysia.org.my

History

Anglicanism came to the Malay Peninsula following the establishment of the British East India Company's administered settlement on Penang island in 1786. The local magistrate, a George Caunter, was appointed a Lay Clerk/Acting Chaplain to provide spiritual ministry to the settlers. Under his ministry the first entry into the Church Register was made in 1799.[1]

The See of Calcutta provided episcopal supervision for the chaplaincy work on Penang island and the first Anglican Church building, the Church of St. George the Martyr, was built and consecrated by the Metropolitan, Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, in 1819.[1]

The See of Calcutta extended from India to New Zealand and was thus practically unmanageable. As a result, in 1855, a Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak was created by Letters Patent for the better administration of these outlying areas. The new diocese became a missionary diocese of the Archdiocese of Canterbury.

In 1867 the whole of Penang island came under direct British rule, precipitated by the foreclosure of the East India Company. Consequently, the chaplaincy of the Madras Presidency in Penang ceased. Meanwhile, a major shift in mission outlook took place with the Society for the Propagation of Gospel in Foreign Parts taking an active role in procuring ‘chaplains' for the Crown in its colonies. This led to a time of great missionary activity in the new Diocese and a period of Chinese and Indian immigration.

For better administration in-line with the political changes taking place in the region, the Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak was further reorganised into the Diocese of Singapore in 1909 with the See located in Singapore. After 120 years, the Anglican church in South-East Asia was finally positioned to take responsibility for its own mission and growth.

Church life and ministry was drastically affected by World War II and the Japanese Occupation of the peninsula between 1941 and 1945. In the midst of great hardship and war-time atrocities, Christian witness continued to thrive. Bishop Wilson, the incumbent, proved a great example of godly leadership in times of great distress. Without the benefit of its expatriate clergy who had been interred, the work of the church fell on Asian shoulders. These Asian workers operated with surprisingly responsible independence.

The War and the loss of its expatriate leadership precipitated a sense of self-determination among the local Christian community, and an urgent need for training Asian leaders for this developing part of the Anglican Church. This need led quickly to the establishment of Trinity Theological College, Singapore.

Malaya gained her independence from British rule in 1957. Following this, in 1960, the Diocese was renamed the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya to give due recognition to the political importance of Malaya. In 1963, Malaya became the Federation of Malaysia with the inclusion of Sabah and Sarawak under one central government.

Ten years after the creation of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya, in 1971, a new and independent Diocese, the Diocese of West Malaysia, was incorporated by an Act of the Malaysian Parliament.

In 1996, the Church of the Province of South East Asia consisting of the dioceses of Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and West Malaysia was created by the Archbishop of Canterbury, thus making the Anglican Church in the region self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating and truly indigenous.

In 2015, a decision was made by the Diocesan Synod to further divide the diocese into three separate dioceses[2] and in 2016, two area dioceses were created, the Area Diocese of the Northern Peninsula and the Area Diocese of the Southern Peninsula, in preparation and two suffragan bishops were licensed to oversee the area dioceses.[3] Provisional approval of the Provincial Synod for the creation of the new dioceses by 2020 has since been obtained.[4]

Organisation

The diocese of West Malaysia is overseen by the Bishop of West Malaysia. The area dioceses of Northern Peninsula and Southern Peninsula were created in 2016, each overseen by a suffragan bishop.[3] The diocese is further divided into archdeaconries.

Area diocese Archdeaconry States & Territories covered Archdeacon In-Charge
Northern Peninsula
Overseen by the Suffragan Bishop of Northern Peninsula 		Upper North Archdeaconry Perlis, Kedah, and Penang Ven Soong Hoe Pin
Lower North Archdeaconry Perak Ven John Kennady Samuel
Central and Eastern Peninsula
Overseen by the Diocesan Bishop of West Malaysia 		Upper Central Archdeaconry Kuala Lumpur Ven Charles Fraser (Acting)
Middle Central Archdeaconry Selangor and Putrajaya Ven Stephan Chan Mung Koon
Eastern Archdeaconry Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang Ven Jacob George John
Southern Peninsula
Overseen by the Suffragan Bishop of Southern Peninsula 		Lower Central Archdeaconry Negeri Sembilan and Malacca Ven Charles Fraser
Southern Archdeaconry Johor Ven Edward M John

Past Diocesan Bishops

Episcopal supervision of the parishes within the Diocese of West Malaysia can be traced back to the oversight of early Anglican chaplaincies in the Malay peninsula from the metropolitan Bishop of Calcutta since 1814.[5]

Bishops of the Diocese of Calcutta (Also Metropolitan See of India and Ceylon from 1832)
From Until Bishop Notes
1814 1823 Thomas Fenshaw Middleton Supervision of all Anglican chaplaincies in the territories of the British East India Company[6]
1823 1826 Reginald Heber
1827 1828 John Thomas James
1829 1832 John Matthias Turner
1832 1858 Daniel Wilson Also consecrated as the first Metropolitan Bishop of India and Ceylon[7]
1858 1866 George Cotton
1867 1876 Robert Milman Anglican churches in the Straits Settlements reorganised as the Church of England in the Straits Settlements after the transfer of the Settlements to the British Crown in 1867. It remained under the supervision of the See of Calcutta until 1869
Bishops of the United Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak
From Until Bishop Notes
1869 1881 Walter Chambers Also Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak since 1868. The Church of England in the Straits Setllements transferred to the Diocese in 1869.
1881 1909 George Frederick Hose
Bishops of the Diocese of Singapore
From Until Bishop Notes
1909 1927 Charles James Ferguson-Davie The united diocese was separated to form the Diocese of Singapore and Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak
1927 1940 Basil Coleby Roberts
1941 1949 John Leonard Wilson
1949 1960 Henry Wolfe Baines
Bishops of the Diocese of Malaya and Singapore
From Until Bishop Notes
1960 1966 Cyril Kenneth Sansbury The diocese was renamed the Diocese of Malaya Singapore
1967 1970 Joshua Chiu Ban It First local born clergyman to be elevated bishop
Bishops of the Diocese of West Malaysia
From Until Bishop Notes
1970 1972 Roland Koh Peck Chiang The diocese was separated into the Diocese of West Malaysia and the Diocese of Singapore
1972 1994 Rt Rev John Gurubatham Savarimuthu
1995 2006 Tan Sri Lim Cheng Ean
2007 2020 Rt Rev Datuk Ng Moon Hing Also Archbishop of The Church of the Province of South East Asia (2016 - 2020)
2021 Present Rt Rev Dr D Steven Abbarow

Education

Affiliated Seminaries

Name Location Year Established Notes
Seminari Theologi Malaysia Seremban, Negeri Sembilan 1979 (1974) Started as Kolej Theologi Malaysia which was a merger of the diocese's Saint Mark's Training Centre (1970) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia's Christian Training Centre (1969)
St. Paul's Theological College Kuala Lumpur 2016 An affiliate of St Mellitus College of the Church of England's Diocese of London and Diocese of Chelmsford.

Diocesan Mission Schools

The Anglican Mission Schools’ Board overseas the diocesan mission schools and runs the Bishop Tan Sri Roland Koh Teaching Scholarship for Malaysian Anglicans from the Diocese of West Malaysia who desire to pursue a teaching career.[8][9]

Name Location Type Year Established
SMK Saint Gabriel Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1946
SMK Saint Mary Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1912
SMK Perempuan Pudu Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1914
SMK Tinggi Saint David Malacca City, Malacca National Secondary School 1912
SMK Saint Mark Butterworth, Penang National Secondary School 1901 (1885 as Butterworth School)
SK Saint Gabriel Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1912
SK Saint Mary Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1946
SK Perempuan Pudu 1 Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1914
SK Yong Peng Yong Peng, Johor National Primary School 1951
SK Saint Aidan Bahau, Negeri Sembilan National Primary School 1958
SK Saint Mark Butterworth, Penang National Primary School 1901 (1885 as Butterworth School)
SK Saint Mark Seberang Perai, Penang National Primary School 1931 (as St. Anne's English School)
SJK (C) Saint Michael and All Angels Ipoh, Perak National Primary School 1932
SK All Saints Kamunting, Perak National Primary School 1937 (1878 as the English School, Kamunting)

Diocesan Anglican Care Homes and Centres

  • Wellspring Retreat Center, Rawang
  • St Nicholas Home, Penang
  • Ray Of Hope, Ipoh
  • St Mark’s Cozy Home, Sungai Buloh
  • Beacon of Hope, Sri Manja Petaling Jaya
  • St. Paul’s Day Training Center & Bethel Centre Early Intervention Programme
  • Pushpa Nesam Children Home, Johor
  • House of Delight (Community Centre), Ipoh
  • Rumah Damai (Senior Citizen Home), Kuala Terengganu
  • St Barnabas Home & Community Centre, Klang
  • Rumah Shalom, Gopeng

Diocesan Seminarians

  • Allan Selvadas
  • Kelvin Cheah
  • Samuel Das
  • Davina David
  • Emmanuel Nickson
  • Mah Kar Men
  • Paul Muthukrishnan
  • Aaron George Anthony
  • Dante Lum
  • Darry Lucas
  • Noel Nickson

References

  1. ^ a b "A Brief History of the Diocese of West Malaysia". Diocese of West Malaysia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Richards, Esther (December 2015). (PDF). Anglican Messenger. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anglican Messenger. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Murphy, Vincent (December 2016). "A Memorable Ordination Service" (PDF). Anglican Messenger. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anglican Messenger. Retrieved 20 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Richards, Esther (December 2017). "Synod 2017" (PDF). Anglican Messenger. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Anglican Messenger. Retrieved 20 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Our Past Bishops". Diocese of West Malaysia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ^ Hawes, Christopher J. (2013). Poor Relations: The Making of a Eurasian Community in British India, 1773-1833. London: Routledge. pp. 85–6. ISBN 9781138995130.
  7. ^ Atherstone, Andrew, ed. (2015). The Journal of Bishop Daniel Wilson of Calcutta, 1845-1857. London: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781783271115.
  8. ^ "Anglican Mission Schools Board". Diocese of West Malaysia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Anglican Mission Schools". Diocese of West Malaysia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Diocese of West Malaysia is an Anglican diocese which covers the entire West Malaysia The Diocese of West Malaysia DWM was founded on 8 April 1970 as DWM together with Diocese of Singapore split from Diocese of Singapore and Malaya As a result Diocese of Singapore and Malaya was dissolved The Anglican Diocese of West MalaysiaLocationEcclesiastical provinceChurch of the Province of South East AsiaArchdeaconriesUpper North Archdeaconry Lower North Archdeaconry Upper Central Archdeaconry Middle Central Archdeaconry Lower Central Archdeaconry Southern Archdeaconry Eastern ArchdeaconryHeadquartersNo 214 Jalan Pahang 53000 Kuala Lumpur MalaysiaStatisticsParishes145Members36 628InformationDenominationAnglicanCathedralSt Mary s Cathedral Kuala LumpurCurrent leadershipBishopThe Rt Rev Dr D Steven AbbarowSuffragansThe Rt Rev Dr Jason SelvarajArea Bishop of Southern Peninsular The Rt Rev Dr Stephan Soe Chee Cheng Area Bishop of Northern PeninsularWebsiteanglicanwestmalaysia wbr org wbr my Contents 1 History 2 Organisation 3 Past Diocesan Bishops 4 Education 4 1 Affiliated Seminaries 4 2 Diocesan Mission Schools 5 Diocesan Anglican Care Homes and Centres 6 Diocesan Seminarians 7 ReferencesHistory EditAnglicanism came to the Malay Peninsula following the establishment of the British East India Company s administered settlement on Penang island in 1786 The local magistrate a George Caunter was appointed a Lay Clerk Acting Chaplain to provide spiritual ministry to the settlers Under his ministry the first entry into the Church Register was made in 1799 1 The See of Calcutta provided episcopal supervision for the chaplaincy work on Penang island and the first Anglican Church building the Church of St George the Martyr was built and consecrated by the Metropolitan Thomas Fanshaw Middleton in 1819 1 The See of Calcutta extended from India to New Zealand and was thus practically unmanageable As a result in 1855 a Diocese of Singapore Labuan and Sarawak was created by Letters Patent for the better administration of these outlying areas The new diocese became a missionary diocese of the Archdiocese of Canterbury In 1867 the whole of Penang island came under direct British rule precipitated by the foreclosure of the East India Company Consequently the chaplaincy of the Madras Presidency in Penang ceased Meanwhile a major shift in mission outlook took place with the Society for the Propagation of Gospel in Foreign Parts taking an active role in procuring chaplains for the Crown in its colonies This led to a time of great missionary activity in the new Diocese and a period of Chinese and Indian immigration For better administration in line with the political changes taking place in the region the Diocese of Singapore Labuan and Sarawak was further reorganised into the Diocese of Singapore in 1909 with the See located in Singapore After 120 years the Anglican church in South East Asia was finally positioned to take responsibility for its own mission and growth Church life and ministry was drastically affected by World War II and the Japanese Occupation of the peninsula between 1941 and 1945 In the midst of great hardship and war time atrocities Christian witness continued to thrive Bishop Wilson the incumbent proved a great example of godly leadership in times of great distress Without the benefit of its expatriate clergy who had been interred the work of the church fell on Asian shoulders These Asian workers operated with surprisingly responsible independence The War and the loss of its expatriate leadership precipitated a sense of self determination among the local Christian community and an urgent need for training Asian leaders for this developing part of the Anglican Church This need led quickly to the establishment of Trinity Theological College Singapore Malaya gained her independence from British rule in 1957 Following this in 1960 the Diocese was renamed the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya to give due recognition to the political importance of Malaya In 1963 Malaya became the Federation of Malaysia with the inclusion of Sabah and Sarawak under one central government Ten years after the creation of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya in 1971 a new and independent Diocese the Diocese of West Malaysia was incorporated by an Act of the Malaysian Parliament In 1996 the Church of the Province of South East Asia consisting of the dioceses of Sabah Sarawak Singapore and West Malaysia was created by the Archbishop of Canterbury thus making the Anglican Church in the region self governing self supporting self propagating and truly indigenous In 2015 a decision was made by the Diocesan Synod to further divide the diocese into three separate dioceses 2 and in 2016 two area dioceses were created the Area Diocese of the Northern Peninsula and the Area Diocese of the Southern Peninsula in preparation and two suffragan bishops were licensed to oversee the area dioceses 3 Provisional approval of the Provincial Synod for the creation of the new dioceses by 2020 has since been obtained 4 Organisation EditThe diocese of West Malaysia is overseen by the Bishop of West Malaysia The area dioceses of Northern Peninsula and Southern Peninsula were created in 2016 each overseen by a suffragan bishop 3 The diocese is further divided into archdeaconries Area diocese Archdeaconry States amp Territories covered Archdeacon In ChargeNorthern PeninsulaOverseen by the Suffragan Bishop of Northern Peninsula Upper North Archdeaconry Perlis Kedah and Penang Ven Soong Hoe PinLower North Archdeaconry Perak Ven John Kennady SamuelCentral and Eastern PeninsulaOverseen by the Diocesan Bishop of West Malaysia Upper Central Archdeaconry Kuala Lumpur Ven Charles Fraser Acting Middle Central Archdeaconry Selangor and Putrajaya Ven Stephan Chan Mung KoonEastern Archdeaconry Kelantan Terengganu and Pahang Ven Jacob George JohnSouthern PeninsulaOverseen by the Suffragan Bishop of Southern Peninsula Lower Central Archdeaconry Negeri Sembilan and Malacca Ven Charles FraserSouthern Archdeaconry Johor Ven Edward M JohnPast Diocesan Bishops EditEpiscopal supervision of the parishes within the Diocese of West Malaysia can be traced back to the oversight of early Anglican chaplaincies in the Malay peninsula from the metropolitan Bishop of Calcutta since 1814 5 Bishops of the Diocese of Calcutta Also Metropolitan See of India and Ceylon from 1832 From Until Bishop Notes1814 1823 Thomas Fenshaw Middleton Supervision of all Anglican chaplaincies in the territories of the British East India Company 6 1823 1826 Reginald Heber1827 1828 John Thomas James1829 1832 John Matthias Turner1832 1858 Daniel Wilson Also consecrated as the first Metropolitan Bishop of India and Ceylon 7 1858 1866 George Cotton1867 1876 Robert Milman Anglican churches in the Straits Settlements reorganised as the Church of England in the Straits Settlements after the transfer of the Settlements to the British Crown in 1867 It remained under the supervision of the See of Calcutta until 1869Bishops of the United Diocese of Singapore Labuan and SarawakFrom Until Bishop Notes1869 1881 Walter Chambers Also Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak since 1868 The Church of England in the Straits Setllements transferred to the Diocese in 1869 1881 1909 George Frederick HoseBishops of the Diocese of SingaporeFrom Until Bishop Notes1909 1927 Charles James Ferguson Davie The united diocese was separated to form the Diocese of Singapore and Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak1927 1940 Basil Coleby Roberts1941 1949 John Leonard Wilson1949 1960 Henry Wolfe BainesBishops of the Diocese of Malaya and SingaporeFrom Until Bishop Notes1960 1966 Cyril Kenneth Sansbury The diocese was renamed the Diocese of Malaya Singapore1967 1970 Joshua Chiu Ban It First local born clergyman to be elevated bishopBishops of the Diocese of West MalaysiaFrom Until Bishop Notes1970 1972 Roland Koh Peck Chiang The diocese was separated into the Diocese of West Malaysia and the Diocese of Singapore1972 1994 Rt Rev John Gurubatham Savarimuthu1995 2006 Tan Sri Lim Cheng Ean2007 2020 Rt Rev Datuk Ng Moon Hing Also Archbishop of The Church of the Province of South East Asia 2016 2020 2021 Present Rt Rev Dr D Steven AbbarowEducation EditAffiliated Seminaries Edit Name Location Year Established NotesSeminari Theologi Malaysia Seremban Negeri Sembilan 1979 1974 Started as Kolej Theologi Malaysia which was a merger of the diocese s Saint Mark s Training Centre 1970 and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia s Christian Training Centre 1969 St Paul s Theological College Kuala Lumpur 2016 An affiliate of St Mellitus College of the Church of England s Diocese of London and Diocese of Chelmsford Diocesan Mission Schools Edit The Anglican Mission Schools Board overseas the diocesan mission schools and runs the Bishop Tan Sri Roland Koh Teaching Scholarship for Malaysian Anglicans from the Diocese of West Malaysia who desire to pursue a teaching career 8 9 Name Location Type Year EstablishedSMK Saint Gabriel Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1946SMK Saint Mary Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1912SMK Perempuan Pudu Kuala Lumpur National Secondary School 1914SMK Tinggi Saint David Malacca City Malacca National Secondary School 1912SMK Saint Mark Butterworth Penang National Secondary School 1901 1885 as Butterworth School SK Saint Gabriel Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1912SK Saint Mary Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1946SK Perempuan Pudu 1 Kuala Lumpur National Primary School 1914SK Yong Peng Yong Peng Johor National Primary School 1951SK Saint Aidan Bahau Negeri Sembilan National Primary School 1958SK Saint Mark Butterworth Penang National Primary School 1901 1885 as Butterworth School SK Saint Mark Seberang Perai Penang National Primary School 1931 as St Anne s English School SJK C Saint Michael and All Angels Ipoh Perak National Primary School 1932SK All Saints Kamunting Perak National Primary School 1937 1878 as the English School Kamunting Diocesan Anglican Care Homes and Centres EditWellspring Retreat Center Rawang St Nicholas Home Penang Ray Of Hope Ipoh St Mark s Cozy Home Sungai Buloh Beacon of Hope Sri Manja Petaling Jaya St Paul s Day Training Center amp Bethel Centre Early Intervention Programme Pushpa Nesam Children Home Johor House of Delight Community Centre Ipoh Rumah Damai Senior Citizen Home Kuala Terengganu St Barnabas Home amp Community Centre Klang Rumah Shalom GopengDiocesan Seminarians EditAllan Selvadas Kelvin Cheah Samuel Das Davina David Emmanuel Nickson Mah Kar Men Paul Muthukrishnan Aaron George Anthony Dante Lum Darry Lucas Noel NicksonReferences Edit a b A Brief History of the Diocese of West Malaysia Diocese of West Malaysia Retrieved 11 November 2021 Richards Esther December 2015 Synod 2015 PDF Anglican Messenger Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Anglican Messenger Archived from the original PDF on 9 April 2016 Retrieved 20 April 2019 a b Murphy Vincent December 2016 A Memorable Ordination Service PDF Anglican Messenger Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Anglican Messenger Retrieved 20 April 2019 permanent dead link Richards Esther December 2017 Synod 2017 PDF Anglican Messenger Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Anglican Messenger Retrieved 20 April 2019 permanent dead link Our Past Bishops Diocese of West Malaysia Retrieved 11 November 2021 Hawes Christopher J 2013 Poor Relations The Making of a Eurasian Community in British India 1773 1833 London Routledge pp 85 6 ISBN 9781138995130 Atherstone Andrew ed 2015 The Journal of Bishop Daniel Wilson of Calcutta 1845 1857 London Boydell Press ISBN 9781783271115 Anglican Mission Schools Board Diocese of West Malaysia Retrieved 11 November 2021 Anglican Mission Schools Diocese of West Malaysia Retrieved 11 November 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diocese of West Malaysia amp oldid 1132916514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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