Main languages spoken: Malay, Mandarin and Tamil
The Church of the Province of South East Asia was inaugurated as a Province in 1996 and comprises four dioceses (Kuching, Sabah, Singapore and West Malaysia) in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. The province is growing, largely self-sufficient and dynamic, often sending out its own mission partners to various parts of the world.
This Province is represented on the Council of the Church of East Asia, and the Diocese of Kuching was the host for the gathering of USPG’s Communion-Wide Advisory Group.
Anglicanism was first introduced to South East Asia by chaplains attached to the East India Company. The first chaplain arrived in the settlement of Penang Island, Malaya, now West Malaysia in 1805. Anglican settlers arrived with the British East India Company in Singapore in 1819 and the first missionaries began work on the island of Borneo in 1848. These chaplains and missionaries were supported by the SPG.
