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Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau

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Rite
  
Latin

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Malaysia

Established
  
17 December 1992

Area
  
18,298 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
John Wong Soo Kau

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 561,000 102,777 (18.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Keningau

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau (Lat: Dioecesis Keningauensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia.

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 and only bishop is Cornelius Piong, appointed in 1992.

Ordinaries

  • Bishop Cornelius Piong (17 Dec 1992 Appointed - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau Wikipedia