Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau was established on January 23 1576 by the edict of Pope Gregory XIII. It originally covered China Japan Vietnam and the Malay archipelago with the exception of the Philippines. It now only administers Macau alone the last regions outside Macau under its administration were the parishes of Saint Joseph (Singapore) and Saint Peter (Malacca) which separated from the Diocese of Macau in 1981.D.