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Metropolitan see Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu

Kotakinabaluen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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Established
1976
Catholics
250,255
Priests
43
Territory
55,215 km²

Parishes and churches

19 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
John Wong Soo Kau
Born
6 June 1968
Birthplace
Sandakan

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu stands in Kota Kinabalu, 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.

History

In Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, the Catholic Church is led by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Latin: Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis; Malay: Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu; Mandarin: 哥打京那巴鲁总教区). No ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia is older; it climbed gradually from a prefecture to an archdiocese as its Catholic population grew. Its archiepiscopal seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kota Kinabalu, and it keeps St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as its patron.