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Diocese of Sibu

Dioecesis Sibuensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Joseph Hii Teck Kwong, Bishop
  • Dominic Su Haw Chiu, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 December 1986
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kuching
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Square Kilometers: 41,484 (16,023 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Jalan Lanang 1, 96000 Sibu; P.O. Box 495, 96007 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Telephone: (084)31.73.73
  • Fax: 32.12.99

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 December 1986ErectedArchdiocese of Kuching (Eastern part)
Diocese of Miri (Southern part)
Diocese of Sibu (erected) (Third Division, Sixth Division, and Seventh Division)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199063,000545,00011.6%14144,50012ap1991
199984,900650,00013.1%137204,245102612ap2000
200085,500660,00013.0%187253,420102612ap2001
200188,000690,00012.8%135184,88882612ap2002
200290,000700,00012.9%156214,28592411ap2003
200390,000723,00012.4%155204,50082011ap2004
200490,000720,00012.5%124165,62572411ap2005
2010109,944790,00013.9%136195,78692111ap2011
2014100,000810,00012.3%1110214,761181412ap2015
2017125,254860,00014.6%114158,350131512ap2018
2020129,000886,56514.6%1110216,142331412ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 506, and Page 507

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