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Diocese of Sandakan

Dioecesis Sandakanana



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Bishop(s)

  • Julius Dusin Gitom, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 July 2007
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Square Kilometers: 43,110 (16,651 Square Miles)
  • Description: Sandakan and Tawau
  • Official Web Site: https://www.dioceseofsandakan.org
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's Office, P.O. Box 2039, 90723 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Telephone: (089)21.70.71
  • Fax: 21.86.23

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 July 2007ErectedDiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Sandakan and Tawau) Diocese of Sandakan (erected)
23 May 2008Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Sandakan (from Kuching)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
201047,2421,136,5834.2%776,748104ap2011
201452,0081,271,3884.1%995,7781124ap2015
201754,5331,245,1324.4%996,05985ap2018
202059,2661,377,3444.3%11115,38795ap2021
202259,7641,270,8814.7%10105,97695ap2023

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 99, Page 784, and Page 785
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 587, and Page 588

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