Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau explained

Country: Malaysia
Keningau
Jurisdiction:Diocese
Latin:Dioecesis Keningauensis
Local:Keuskupan Keningau
Metropolitan:Kota Kinabalu
Province:Kota Kinabalu
Bishop:Datuk Cornelius Piong
Metro Archbishop:Datuk John Wong Soo Kau
Established:17 December 1992
Cathedral:Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau
Rite:Latin
Area Km2:18,298
Population:499,104
Population As Of:2020
Catholics:146,574
Catholics Percent:29.37
Vicar General:Rev. Msgr. Gilbert Lasius Duuk

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau (Lat: Dioecesis Keningauensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. This diocese covers Sabah's interior districts of Keningau (including Sook), Nabawan (including Pensiangan and Sapulut), Sipitang, Beaufort (including Membakut), Tenom (including Kemabong), Tambunan and Kuala Penyu as well as a partial extraterritoriality jurisdiction on two districts in Sabah's West Coast Division, namely in the Bongawan area of Papar district, which borders the district of Beaufort via the township of Membakut and the Kiulu area of Tuaran district that are actually under the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu; but has been allocated under the ecclesiastical purview of the Holy Cross Toboh and St Patrick's Membakut parishes of Beaufort as well as Tambunan districts within this diocese.

History

Erected in 1992, from the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, on 23 May 2008; the diocese became a suffragan of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The first bishop is the Right Reverend Datuk Cornelius Piong, appointed on 17 Dec 1992. There are 20 secular and 2 religious priests.

List of Parishes

There are 10 parishes and 1 mission located in the Diocese of Keningau (one outstation church in Tambunan district is under the pastoral care of St. Anthony's Church, Apin-Apin which is in turn, one of the sub-parishes of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Keningau known as St. Paul the Apostle's Church, Kg. Rantai, Apin-Apin Lama, Tambunan since it is located in the border of both districts along the Keningau-Tambunan highway as well as extraterritorial oustation churches under Holy Cross Parish, Toboh, Tambunan located in a very remote area of the Kiulu sub-district of Tuaran in the northern part of Sabah's West Coast Division which partially surrounds Tambunan district as well as St. Patrick of Ireland's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort located in the Bongawan area of Papar district in the southern part of Sabah's West Coast Division, along the border of the Papar as well as Beaufort districts, which also marks the boundary between the West Coast and Interior divisions of Sabah state).

Clergy

Bishop

Datuk Cornelius Piong, DD.

Permanently based priests

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Parish, Keningau (KSFX)

St. Valentine's Parish, Beaufort/St. John the Baptist's Parish, Sipitang

St. Peter's Parish Bundu, Kuala Penyu

St Patrick's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort

Holy Spirit Parish Sook, Keningau

St. Theresa of Lisieux's Parish, Tondulu, Tambunan

Holy Cross Parish, Toboh, Tambunan

St. Anthony of Padua's Parish/Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission District, Kemabong, Tenom

Priests of Keningau

Priests Outstationed/On Study Leave

Missionary schools

Primary

Secondary

See also

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