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Diocese of Kota Kinabalu
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The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu is the Latin Catholic metropolitan see covering western Sabah in East Malaysia. It was erected as a diocese in 1976 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2008, with Keningau and Sandakan as suffragans.
- Archbishop
- John Wong Soo Kau
- Latin name
- Kotakinabaluen(sis)
- Erected
- 23 May 2008 (origins 1976)
- Cathedral
- Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Kota Kinabalu
- Catholics
- 250,255
- Chancery
- Catholic Archdiocesan Centre, Jalan Sang Kancil 3, Karamunsing, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Telephone
- Tel. [088]203.300; fax 203.292
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Keningau 68 km
- Brunei BN 172 km
- Diocese of Sandakan 222 km
- Diocese of Miri 296 km
- Diocese of Tanjung Selor ID 374 km
- Diocese of Puerto Princesa PH 514 km
Parishes near the see
- St Paul · Dontozidon 3 km
- St Simon · Likas 5 km
- St Michael · Penampang 5 km
- St Catherine · Inanam 5 km
- Sacred Heart of Jesus · Inobong 6 km
- Stella Maris · Tanjung Aru 6 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001895 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08