Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu

Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
Archidioecesis Kota Kinabaluensis
Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu

Sacred Heart Cathedral
Location
Country Malaysia
Ecclesiastical province Kota Kinabalu
Metropolitan Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Coordinates 5°57′53″N 116°04′21″E / 5.964591°N 116.072463°E / 5.964591; 116.072463
Statistics
Area 55,215 km2 (21,319 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
1,306,900
189,010 (14.46%)
Parishes 19
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 1976
Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
Secular priests 33
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau
Vicar General Primus Jouil
Emeritus Bishops John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw Archbishop Emeritus
Website

www.kkdiocese.net

www.sacredheartcathedralkk.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Lat: Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sabah, a state of Malaysia on Borneo. The Archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long history slowly rising along with the Catholic population all the way from a prefecture to an Archdiocese with 2 suffragans.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu.

History

Originally erected on 4 September 1855 as the Apostolic prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, created on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (Java) (including the neighbouring Dutch East Indies).

0n 5 February 1927 it was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Borneo, and lost territory to form the Apostolic Prefecture of Sarawak.

On 14 February 1952 the prefecture was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate of Jesselton, hence entitled to a titular bishop. On 22 March 1962 its name was changed once more to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Kinabalu, after its see.

On 31 may 1976 the vicariate was elevated to a full Diocese of Kota Kinabalu, suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching.

The diocese lost territories twice, to create its present suffragans :

On 23 May 2008, the diocese was elevated to Metropolitan Archdiocese, whose ecclesiastical province comprises the above suffragan dioceses, both formerly part of the original territory of the diocese of Kota Kinabalu: the Diocese of Keningau and the Diocese of Sandakan.

On 21 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Fr. John Wong Soo Kau, director of the aspirants’ formation house in Kota Kinabalu, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu. His ordination took place on 1 October 2010.

As of 2013 the Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu was John Wong Soo Kau, appointed in 2010. His predecessor was John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw, appointed in 1987 and retired on 1 December 2012.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Apostolic Prefect of Labuan and Borneo
Apostolic Prefect of Labuan and Borneo
Apostolic Vicars of Kota Kinabalu
Suffragan Bishops of Kota Kinabalu
Metropolitan Archbishops of Kota Kinabalu

List of parishes

As of 2014, there are 19 parishes including several sub-parishes found in the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.

See also

Sources and External links

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