Diocese of Keningau
Keningauen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Keningau, Malaysia
The Diocese of Keningau is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, erected in 1992 from the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1992
- Latin
- Keningauen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001832
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 146,574
- Population
- 499,104
- Catholic share
- 29.4%
- Extent
- 18,298 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cornelius Piong
- Born
- 1 July 1949
- Birthplace
- Bundu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier stands in Keningau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kota Kinabalu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Kota KinabaluKota Kinabalu
- Diocese of SandakanSandakan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in Keningau in the Malaysian state of Sabah, the Diocese of Keningau (Latin: Dioecesis Keningauensis; Malay: Keuskupan Keningau; Mandarin: 根地咬教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].