The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur (Latin: Archidioecesis Kuala Lumpurensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia. It was erected as the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur by Pope Pius XII on February 25 1955 and was elevated to the rank of a Metropolitan Archdiocese on December 18 1972 with the suffragan sees of Melaka-Johor and Penang.