Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu Archidioecesis Kota Kinabaluensis Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu | |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Malaysia |
Ecclesiastical province | Kota Kinabalu |
Metropolitan | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |
Coordinates | 5°57′52.53″N 116°4′20.87″E / 5.9645917°N 116.0724639°ECoordinates: 5°57′52.53″N 116°4′20.87″E / 5.9645917°N 116.0724639°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 55,215 km2 (21,319 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2015) 1,413,752 216,587 |
Parishes | 19 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1976, 2008 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Secular priests | 41 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Datuk John Wong Soo Kau |
Vicar General | Msgr. Primus Jouil |
Emeritus Bishops | Datuk John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw |
Website | |
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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 17 December 1992 the diocese the Diocese of Keningau
- on 16 July 2007 the Diocese of Sandakan.
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 Rev. 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.
Clergy
Apostolic Prefects of Labuan and Borneo
- Mgsr. Don Carlos Cuarteron (23 August 1855 – March 1879)
Apostolic Prefects of Labuan and Northern Borneo
- Mgsr. Thomas Jackson, MHM (18 July 1881 – 20 October 1895)
- Mgsr. Edmund Dunn, MHM (4 May 1897 – 5 February 1927)
Apostolic Prefects of Northern Borneo
Apostolic Vicars of Jesselton/Kota Kinabalu
- Mgsr. James Buis (18 January 1947 – 1 August 1972)
- Rt. Rev. Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1972 – 30 January 1975)
- Rt. Rev. Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (29 August 1975 – 31 May 1976)
Bishops of Kota Kinabalu
- Rt. Rev. Datuk Simon Michael Fung Kui Heong (31 May 1976 – 16 November 1985)
- Rt. Rev. Datuk John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (26 June 1987 – 23 May 2008)
Archbishops of Kota Kinabalu
- Most Rev. Datuk John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw (23 May 2008 – 1 December 2012)
- Most Rev. Datuk John Wong Soo Kau (1 December 2012 – current)
List of parishes
As of 2017, there are 19 parishes including several sub-parishes found in the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.
- Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish (Sacred Heart Cathedral, Karamunsing including the sub-parishes of Church of Mary Immaculate, Bukit Padang and Carmelite Monastery Chapel, Karamunsing)
- St Pius X's Parish, Bundu Tuhan, Ranau
- St Paul's Parish, Dontozidon, Penampang (including Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Kobusak and St John Chapel, Kopungit)
- St Edmund's Parish, Kota Belud
- St Theresa's Parish, Kota Marudu
- Blessed Sacrament Parish, Labuan
- Holy Rosary Parish, Limbahau, Papar (including St Patrick, Kinuta and St Sabina, Titimbuongon sub-parishes)
- St Catherine's Parish, Inanam, Kota Kinabalu (including the sub-parish of the Church of Good Shepherd, Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu)
- St Peter's Parish, Kudat
- St Joseph's Parish, Papar
- St Michael's Parish, Penampang
- St Peter Claver's Parish, Ranau
- Stella Maris Parish, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu (Stella Maris Church, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu plus the main sub-parish of St Thomas More Church, Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu and sub-parish of St Catherine Laboure, Putatan, Penampang)
- Holy Family Parish, Telipok, Kota Kinabalu
- St John's Parish, Tuaran (including St Mary, Topokon, St Philip the Apostle/St Clare of Assisi, Tamparuli and St James, Tenghilan sub-parishes)
- St Simon's Parish, Likas, Kota Kinabalu
- Parish of Holy Nativity, Terawi, Penampang (including Our Lady of Fatima Church, Talang Taun, Ulu Putatan, Penampang, St Simon the Zealot, Duvanson, Putatan, Penampang and St Peter the Apostle, Tombovo, Putatan, Penampang sub-parishes)
- Parish of St Joseph the Husband of Mary, Kiulu, Tuaran (including St Martin, Malanggang, St Michael the Archangel, Lokub and St John Vianney, Pukak sub-parishes)
- Parish of the Holy Trinity (Sacred Heart of Jesus), Inobong, Penampang (Saints Peter and Paul, Babagon, Penampang/Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Inobong, Penampang (centre)/St Joseph the Worker, Pogunon, Penampang/Church of the Presentation, Pongobonon, Buayan, Penampang/Church of Christ the King, Kipouvo, Penampang/St Thomas the Apostle, Togudon, Penampang/St Martin, Moyog, Penampang/Church of the Holy Cross, Togudon, Penampang/St Andrew the Apostle, Longkogungan, Babagon, Penampang and Church of the Risen Christ, Timpangoh, Babagon, Penampang)