Chancery Notice: Diocese of Malacca Johore

Dec 08, 2023

His Lordship, Bishop Bernard Paul DD, Bishop of Malacca Johore Diocese (MID), has hereby made the following appointments. They are as follows:

1. Parish Appointment with effect January 1, 2024:

1.1. Rev Fr Adrian Francis, Assistant Parish Priest of St Louis, Kluang, has been appointed Assistant Parish Priest of Church of St Philip, Segamat.

2. Ministries Appointments with effect from December 1, 2023:

2.1. Rev Fr Patrick Tyoh Kai Hong has been appointed as the bishop’s delegate and Priest-in-Charge to the Chinese Language and Cultural Council (Chinese-LCC), replacing Fr John Baptist Yoew Kah Chok.

2.2. Rev Fr John Baptist Yoew Kah Chok has been appointed as the Liturgical Coordinator of MJD, with Rev Fr Adrian Francis continuing as his assistant.

2.3. Rev Fr Adrian Francis has been appointed as the Vocation Director of MJD, replacing Rev Fr Lionel Thomas.

2.4. Rev Fr Lionel Thomas has been appointed as the bishop’s delegate and Priest-in-Charge to the English Language and Cultural Council (English-LCC), replacing Rev Fr. Edward Rayappan.

2.5. Rev Fr Moses Rayappan Paul Raj has been appointed as the bishop’s delegate and Priest-in-Charge to the Bahasa Malaysia Language and Cultural Council (BM-LCC).

2.6. Rev Fr Cyril Mannayagam has been appointed as the bishop’s delegate and Priest-in-Charge to the newly formed Tamil Language and Cultural Council (Tamil-LCC).

2.7. Rev Fr Edward Rayappan has been appointed as the bishop’s delegate and Head of Ecumenical Inter Religious Dialogue (EIRD) for both states of Johor and Malacca.

Rev Fr Dr Lawrence Ng
Chancellor
Diocese of Malacca Johore November 29, 2023