Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan

Diocese of Sandakan Dioecesis Sandakaanus
Location
Country	Malaysia
Metropolitan	Kota Kinabalu
Statistics
Area	43,657 km2 (16,856 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2007) 1 million 64,000 (6.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Mary Sandakan
Current leadership
Bishop	Julius Dusin Gitom
Website
ulelong.com/sandakandiocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (Dioecesis Sandakaanus) is located in east Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 4 parishes.

History

The diocese was created on July 16, 2007, from some territory of the diocese of Kota Kinabalu. Julius Dusin Gitom was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The diocese covers the Sandakan and Tawau Divisions of Sabah State.^[1]

List of parishes

There are 4 parishes located in the Diocese of Sandakan.

• Cathedral of St. Mary, Sandakan
• Church of St. Dominic, Lahad Datu
• Church of St. Martin, Kelupid
• Church of the Holy Trinity, Tawau

References

1. ^ "The Pope creates diocese of Sandakan and appoints first Bishop". Agenzia Fides. 2007-07-17. http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=10023&lan=eng. 

External links

• Official Site
• catholic-hierarchy.org
• gcatholic.com

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