Tan Sri Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam was born on 6 December 1938 and was the third metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2003 to 2013.
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Murphy Pakiam is styled His Grace The Most Reverend Archbishop Tan Sri Datuk.
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Murphy Pakiam was appointed metropolitan archbishop of Kuala Lumpur on 24 May 2003, and was installed five days later.
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Murphy Pakiam is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; and the publisher of the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Herald.
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In 2007, Murphy Pakiam filed for a judicial review after The Herald was ordered to stop using the Arabic word "Allah" in its publication by the Malaysian government.
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Murphy Pakiam was born in Tapah, Perak, on the feast day of Saint Nicholas.
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Murphy Pakiam was ordained a priest on 10 May 1964, and served as assistant priest at the Church of St Louis, Taiping.
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Murphy Pakiam completed his studies for a master's degree in moral theology at the Lateran University in Rome in 1974, and upon his return to Malaysia became a lecturer at Penang's College General.
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Murphy Pakiam then served as parish priest of the Church of the Nativity in Butterworth from 1989 to 95.
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Murphy Pakiam was appointed as the auxiliary bishop of Kuala Lumpur and titular bishop of Chunavia on 1 April 1995, and ordained titular bishop of Chunavia, Epirus Nova on 4 October 1995 at the College General in Penang.
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On 24 May 2003, Murphy Pakiam succeeded Anthony Soter Fernandez, who resigned due to poor health, as metropolitan archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.
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Murphy Pakiam's installation took place five days later, on 29 May 2003.
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Murphy Pakiam was the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
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Murphy Pakiam declared that under Article 3 of the Federal Constitution, applicant Archbishop Tan Sri Pakiam had the constitutional right to use "Allah" in The Herald in the exercise of his right that religions other than Islam might be practised in peace and harmony in the country.
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Murphy Pakiam accepted the apology and said that no further legal action would be taken against the magazine or its publishers.