Bishops Details
Rt. Rev. Richard Ng,DD
Bishop,DIOCESE OF MIRI

Telephone : 085-433035
Fax : 085-433035
Email : dioceseofmiri1@gmail.com , Thebishopofmiri@gmail.com;
Website : dioceseofmiri.org
Brief History
Pope Francis on Oct. 30, 2013 appointed Father Richard Ng as the bishop of Miri diocese.
The bishop-elect was born in Kuching, Malaysia in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1995. He holds a licentiate in sacred scriptures from the Biblicum, Rome, and has served in a number of roles, including parish vicar of the cathedral of Kuching, lecturer in sacred scriptures in the major seminary of Kuching, and director of the archdiocesan Commission for Social Communications.
He is currently rector of the major seminary of Kuching. He succeeds Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin, who resigned upon reaching the canonical age limit of 75 years.


STATISTICAL SUMMARY
- Approximate Population : 799,917
- Estimated Catholic Population : 103,889
- Parishes : 14
- Outstation : 536
- Diocesan Priests : 20
- MHM Priests : 4
- Claretians Priests : 3
- Franciscan Sisters : 7
- Carmelite Sisters : 8
- Mensa Domini Sisters : 3
- Full-time Catechists : 28
- Seminarians : 3
Malaysian Church News
- Diary of Archbishop Julian Leow
- Diary of Bishop Bernard Paul
- Chancery Notice: Clergy appointment and reassignment
- Chancery Notice: Appointment of new spiritual advisors in the archdiocesan commission
- Malacca Johore Diocese News Update #133
- Becoming servant leaders
- Malacca Johore Diocese has a new deacon
- ABECAT introduces TEAMS — on being a good neighbour