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The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin Church hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, a non-metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore, and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei. There are no Eastern Catholic jurisdictions.
There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Malaysia as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level) in the national capital Kuala Lumpur. In it the Apostolic Delegation (lower level) to Brunei is also vested.
There is a separate Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore (in the capital of the same name), into which are vested the Non-Residential Pontifical Representation for Vietnam and Apostolic Nunciature to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, which all abovementioned states belong to, with others in the region).
Exempt jurisdictions
- Archdiocese of Singapore, covering all and only Singapore
- Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam, covering all and only Brunei
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur
covering Peninsular Malaysia
Ecclesiastical Province of Kuching
covering Sarawak state, on Borneo
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching
Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu
covering Sabah state, on Borneo
There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees.
The Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was split into the Archdiocese of Singapore and the Diocese of Malacca-Johor in 1972, seven years after Singapore became independent.
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