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The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Lat: Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. The archdiocese is the oldest ecclesiastical territory in Malaysia, with a long history slowly rising along with the Catholic population from a prefecture ...
The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin Church hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, a non-metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore, and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei.
Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, and the seat of its current archbishop, John Wong Soo Kau. The current cathedral was built from 1979 to 1981, with its dedication held on 21 November 1981.
1.3 Diocese of West Malaysia. 2 Lutheran. 3 Oriental Orthodox. 4 Roman Catholic. ... Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu. Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kota Kinabalu;
John Wong was born as the 7th of 11 children (five brothers and five sisters) on 6 June 1968 in Sandakan, Sabah to ethnic Hakka Chinese Catholic parents. His father, Paul Wong Shui Tshun was a hawker selling yong taufu (stuffed bean curd) and fish balls at the Sandakan Central Market, while his mother, Rose Chung Thiem Yin (born 1939) was a housewife.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic dioceses in Malaysia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu;
1.11 Episcopal Conference of Malaysia. 1.11.1 Ecclesiastical Province of Kuala Lumpur. ... Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. Diocese of Keningau; Diocese of Sandakan;
Over the decade, Christians were discriminated against and Catholic and other Christian missionaries were expelled from Sabah. However, in 1972, the new diocese of Malacca-Johor was created, making a total of six in Malaysia (three in the West, and three in Eastern Malaysia). In 1973, Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to recognise China ...