Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
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Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu Archidioecesis Kota Kinabaluensis Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu |
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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 :
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