Parishes 19 Rite Latin Rite | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 55,215 km² Secular priests 33 | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,306,900189,010 (14.46%) Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu | ||
Roman catholic archdiocese of kota kinabalu top 10 facts
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.
Contents
- Roman catholic archdiocese of kota kinabalu top 10 facts
- History
- Apostolic Prefects of Labuan and Borneo
- Apostolic Vicars of Kota Kinabalu
- Bishops of Kota Kinabalu
- Archbishops of Kota Kinabalu
- List of parishes
- References
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.
Apostolic Prefects of Labuan and Borneo
Apostolic Vicars of Kota Kinabalu
Bishops of Kota Kinabalu
- Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (31 May 1976 – 16 November 1985)
- John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (26 June 1987 – 23 May 2008)
Archbishops of Kota Kinabalu
- John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (23 May 2008 – 1 December 2012)
- John Wong Soo Kau (1 December 2012 – current )
List of parishes
As of 2016, there are 19 parishes including several sub-parishes found in the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.