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Cornelius Sim
Catholic bishop / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cornelius Sim (16 September 1951 – 29 May 2021) was a Bruneian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Apostolic Vicar of Brunei from 2004 until his death. He was the apostolic prefect of Brunei from 1997 to 2004.[1] He was born in Seria, Brunei.
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Sim was the first Bruneian to be ordained to the priesthood.[2] Pope Francis raised him to the rank of a cardinal on 28 November 2020, making him the first cardinal from the country.[3]
Sim died at a hospital in Taoyuan, Taiwan on 29 May 2021 from cardiac arrest, aged 69.[4] He was being treated for cancer at the time of his death.[4]