Suffragan diocese Sibu, Malaysia
Diocese of Sibu
Sibuen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Sibu is a Latin Catholic suffragan see of Kuching covering central Sarawak in East Malaysia. It was erected in 1986 and has been led by Joseph Hii Teck Kwong since 2012.
On the map
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- Established
- 1986
- Catholics
- 129,000
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 41,484 km²
Parishes and churches
12 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred HeartSibu · CathedralView parish
- Christ the KingBintangorView parish
- Mary Immaculate ConceptionKanowitView parish
- St AlphonsusJulauView parish
- St AnthonySarikeiView parish
- St BernardDalatView parish
- St CharlesSibuView parish
- St Francis XavierSibuView parish
- St HerbertSibuView parish
- St MarySibuView parish
- St TeresaSibuView parish
- Sts Peter and PaulMukahView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
- Born
- 25 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Sibu
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The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sibu stands in Sibu, 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
Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Sibu (Latin: Dioecesis Sibuensis; Malay: Keuskupan Sibu; Mandarin: 诗巫教区) in 1986, with (the late) Dominic Su Haw Chiu as its first shepherd. A Latin Catholic territory in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, it reaches from Sarikei to Mukah and is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sibu is its cathedral, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Joseph are its principal patrons, and Joseph Hii Teck Kwong has governed the see since 12 February 2012.