Catholic Church In Kl
Holy rosary church kuala lumpur built in 1904 is a beautiful neo gothic style monument that caters to the city s chinese catholic community.
Catholic church in kl. Accessible within a 10 minte walk from kuala lumpur ktm train station it is one of the few best preserved religious buildings in kl. Catholic church halts mass in kl selangor amid covid surge by codeblue 06 october 2020 celebrations of confirmation the first holy communion and infant baptisms in kuala lumpur and selangor are also postponed under further notice while weddings and funerals are limited to a maximum of 20 participants. Click here to register for mass click here for information on funeral masses click here for information on wedding masses. St mary s cathedral anglican is the oldest church in kuala lumpur consecrated in 1895.
Louis duvelle in recognition of all that he had done for the indian community in kuala lumpur. Church of st anthony. Effective from 7th october 2020 all public masses in kl selangor have been suspended. Tamil methodist church kuala lumpur.
The catholic church in malaysia is part of the worldwide catholic church under the spiritual leadership of the pope in rome. Our parish office closed during this cmco period untill cmco is lifted. Chris click here to fill in the census form click here for bulletin. Norman who also designed the nearby sultan abdul samad building.
On feb 2 1913 bishop barillon blessed the foundation stone of the church of st. Love notes from fr. The first catholic priests landed in malacca in 1511 as military chaplains to the portuguese. The roman catholic metropolitan archdiocese of kuala lumpur was erected as the diocese of kuala lumpur by pope pius xii on 25 february 1955 and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 18 december 1972 with the suffragan sees of melaka johor and penang.
Church of the holy rosary at kuala lumpur malaysia. The position of apostolic nuncio to malaysia has been vacant since 11 october 2019. The opening and blessing of the new church was done on sept 21 1913 by fr. The resident ambassador of malaysia to the holy see is westmoreland anak edward palon.
It would appear that the first church was simply a long wooden hall with a few windows built sometime in 1883 with the help of a towkay named goh ah ngee a catholic miner who lived in kajang. The first baptism registered at the church of st john the evangelist is dated 1st august 1883.