The Diocese of

Keningau Keningau () is the capital of the Keningau District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is the fifth-largest town in Sabah, as well one of the oldest. Keningau is between Tambunan and Tenom. The town had an estimated population ...

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: ''Dioecesis Keningauensis''; Malay: ''Keuskupan Keningau'';

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: ''根地咬教区'') is a

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of the

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in Keningau,

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

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. This diocese covers Sabah's interior districts of Keningau (including Sook),

Nabawan Nabawan () is the capital of the Nabawan District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal ...

(including Pensiangan and Sapulut),

Sipitang Sipitang () is the capital of the Sipitang District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 4,298 in 2010. It is the closest town in Sabah to the Sarawak border, and is 44 kilometres south of Bea ...

, Beaufort (including Membakut),

Tenom Tenom (, ) is the capital of the Tenom District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located about 176 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu and 128 kilometres north of Long Pasia, which is one of the famous attractions in Sabah. Ten ...

(including Kemabong),

Tambunan Tambunan () is the capital of the Tambunan District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 35,667 in 2010. It is located 80 kilometres east of the state capital, Kota Kinabalu (to which is connect ...

and

Kuala Penyu Kuala Penyu Town () is the capital of the Kuala Penyu District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 659 in 2010, with ethnic Dusun Tatana sub-group forming the largest single ethnic group. ...

as well as a partial extraterritoriality jurisdiction on two districts in Sabah's West Coast Division, namely in the

Bongawan Bongawan known as a historical town, is a town located in the Papar District, within the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It is situated within the parliamentary constituency of Kimanis. The town center is 3 kilom ...

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district, which borders the district of Beaufort via the township of Membakut and the Kiulu area of

Tuaran Tuaran () is the town and capital of the Tuaran District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located north of the state capital Kota Kinabalu, and is strategically situated along the main highway linking Kota Kinabalu with the ...

district that are actually under the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu; but has been allocated under the ecclesiastical purview of the Holy Cross Toboh and St Patrick's Membakut parishes of Beaufort as well as Tambunan districts within this diocese.

History

Erected in 1992, from the

Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu The Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu (Latin language: ''Archdioecesis Kotakinabaluensis''; Malay: ''Keuskupan Agung Kota Kinabalu''; Mandarin: ''哥打京那巴鲁总教区'') is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Churc ...

, on 23 May 2008; the diocese became a suffragan of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The first bishop is the Right Reverend Datuk Cornelius Piong, appointed on 17 Dec 1992. There are 20 secular and 2 religious priests.

List of parishes

There are 10 parishes and 1 mission district located in the Diocese of Keningau (one outstation church in Tambunan district is under the pastoral care of St. Anthony's Church, Apin-Apin which is in turn, one of the sub-parishes of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Keningau known as St. Paul the Apostle's Church, Kg. Rantai, Apin-Apin Lama, Tambunan); since it is located in the border of both districts along the Keningau-Tambunan highway (which also marks the parochial boundary between the cathedral parish and St. Theresa of Lisieux's Church in Tondulu, Tambunan) as well as extraterritorial oustation churches under Holy Cross Parish, Toboh, Tambunan located in a very remote area of the Kiulu sub-district of Tuaran in the northern part of Sabah's West Coast Division which partially surrounds Tambunan district (marks the diocesan cum parochial borders between this church and St. Joseph Husband of Mary's Parish, Kiulu, Tamparuli, Tuaran, which is under the care of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu), as well as St. Patrick of Ireland's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort located in the Bongawan area of Papar district in the southern part of Sabah's West Coast Division, along the border of the Papar as well as Beaufort districts, which also marks the boundary between the West Coast and Interior divisions of Sabah state (also marks the diocesan borders between this diocese and the Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese, between the borders of the parishes between this church and St. Joseph the Worker's Parish in Papar). * St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Parish,

(69 outstations) ** sub-parishes of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Bariawa Tengah, Keningau ** Our Lady of Lourdes Church/Nulu Sosopon Holy Family Diocesan Pilgrimage and Retreat Centre, Agudon, Keningau ** St. Raymond's Church, Bulu Silou, Keningau ** St. Dominic's Church, Linsosod-Liawan, Keningau ** St. Blasius' Church, Magatang, Keningau ** St. Mary's Church, Bingkor, Keningau ** St. John's Church, Senagang, Keningau ** St. Anne's Church, Meninipir, Keningau ** Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kitung, Keningau ** St. Joseph's Church, Menawo, Keningau ** St. John's Church, Biah, Keningau ** St. Gabriel the Archangel's Church, Ansip, Keningau ** St. John the Baptist's Church, Ambual, Keningau ** St. Francis of Assisi's Church Tagai, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Paul the Apostle's Church, Biah Skim, Ansip, Keningau ** St. John the Evangelist's Church, Panui, Keningau ** Maria Rani Tobitua (Holy Mary Mother of God) Church, Linsudan, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church, Luanti Baru, Keningau ** St. Joseph's Church, Sigapon, Keningau ** St. Mary's Church Kepayan Baru, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Bede's Church Pangas, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** Holy Family Church Gasabon, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church Baginda, Bingkor, Keningau ** Diocesan Retreat House Tuarid Taud, Tatal, Keningau ** St. Augustine of Hippo's Church, Ria-Lingkudau, Keningau ** St. Philip's (Filipus) Church, Tigot, Keningau ** St. Bernardette's Church Binaong, Bingkor, Keningau ** St. Mary's Church, Toboh Laut, Keningau ** St. Thomas' Church, Kuangoh, Keningau ** Holy Family Church, Patikang Ulu, Keningau ** St. Fabian's (Fabianus) Church, Tonobon Baru-Bunga Raya, Keningau ** St. David's Church, Liau Darat-Ulu, Keningau ** St. Anthony's Church, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Gabriel the Archangel's Church Kirokot Baru, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Edward the Confessor's Church, Melidang, Keningau ** St. Peter's Church, Sodomon, Keningau ** St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Pantai Baru, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church, Toboh Baru, Keningau ** St. John's Church, Bomboi, Keningau ** Holy Spirit Church, Tohan Baru-Merampong, Keningau ** St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Kindasan, Keningau ** St. John's Church Kiporing, Menawo, Keningau ** St. Francis de Sales' Church, Pamalan, Keningau ** St. John's Church, Jaya Baru, Keningau ** Divine Mercy (Kerahiman Ilahi) Church, Patikang Laut, Keningau ** St. Peter's Church Donggiluang, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Stephen's Church, Liau Tengah-Laut, Keningau ** St. Emmanuel's Church Naukab, Apin-Apin, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church Rantai, Apin-Apin Lama,

** Holy Family Church, Tanah Merah, Keningau and ** St. Maria Goretti's Church, Gaulan, Keningau * St. Valentine's Parish, Beaufort (10 outstations)/St. John the Baptist's Parish,

** sub-parishes of St. Zeno, Mile 58, Beaufort ** St. Boniface, Mile 60, Beaufort ** St. Simon, Saliwangan Baru, Beaufort ** Christ the King, Mile 70, Beaufort ** St. Michael the Archangel, Mile 6 1/2, Lumadan, Beaufort ** St. Joseph, Laboi, Beaufort ** St. Thomas, Takuli, Beaufort ** St. John the Apostle, Kiulu Baru, Beaufort and ** Divine Mercy (Kerahiman Ilahi), Lumat Laut, Beaufort * St. Peter's Parish, Bundu,

(10 outstations) ** sub-parishes of St. Joseph's Church, Kabunau-Menumpang, Kuala Penyu ** St. Stephen's Church, Kiaru, Kuala Penyu ** St. Ambrose's Church, Menumbok, Kuala Penyu ** St. Henry's Church, Kekapor-Batu Abai, Kuala Penyu ** St. Catherine of Siena's Church, Menunggang, Kuala Penyu ** St. Simon the Zealot's Church/St. Theresa of Lisieux's Diocesan Retreat Centre, Purun, Kuala Penyu ** St. Paul's Church, Batu Linting, Kuala Penyu ** St. Augustine's Church, Kiambor, Kuala Penyu ** Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Janang, Kuala Penyu and ** St. Thomas Becket's Church, Kelampun-Kilugus, Kuala Penyu * St. Patrick's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort (6 outstations) ** sub-parishes of St. Philip's Church, Sinuko, Membakut, Beaufort ** St. Thomas' Church, Poring, Membakut, Beaufort ** St. Peter's Church, Penompok, Membakut, Beaufort ** St. Augustine of Hippo's Church, Tamalang, Membakut, Beaufort (formerly St. Paul's Church, Tamalang) ** St. Veronica's Church, Tiong, Membakut, Beaufort ** St. Jude's Church, Ulu Lumagar, Bongawan, Papar ** St. Mary's Church, Paung, Membakut, Beaufort ** St. Macarius' Church, Sumbiling, Bongawan, Papar and ** Christ the King Church, Dungau, Membakut, Beaufort * Holy Spirit Parish, Sook,

(47 outstations) ** sub-parishes of St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Pensiangan, Nabawan ** St. Catherine of Siena's Church Tumura, Pensiangan, Nabawan ** St. Bede's Church, Nabawan ** St. Mark the Evangelist's Church, Tantayakan-Sapulut, Nabawan ** St. Joseph's Church, Pandiwan, Nabawan ** St. Maria Goretti's Church, Sinjaya, Nabawan ** Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, Pemunterian, Nabawan ** Assumption of Our Lady (Bonda Maria Diangkat Ke Surga) Church, Tetagas, Nabawan ** St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Tiulon, Sook, Keningau ** St. Joseph's Church, Maatol, Sook, Keningau ** Sacred Heart of Jesus (Hati Kudus Yesus) Church, Mototou, Sook, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church, Rancangan Belia, Sook, Keningau ** St. John Vianney's Church, Simbuan, Sook, Keningau ** Bonda Maria (St. Mary)/Our Lady of Rosary Church, Karamatoi-Dumbun, Sook, Keningau ** St. John Baptist De La Salle's Church, Mokotog, Sook, Keningau ** All Angels' Church, Seselungon, Sook, Keningau ** St. Stephen's Church, Sinaron, Sook, Keningau ** St. Ignatius' Church, Delayan Baru, Sook, Keningau ** St. Faustina Kowalska's Church, Kionsom Baru, Sook, Keningau ** Holy Trinity (Tritunggal Maha Kudus) Church, Tuaran Baru, Sook, Keningau ** St. Emmanuel's Church, Tinagalan, Sook, Keningau ** St. Paul's Church, Bunang, Sook, Keningau ** St. Peter's Church, Kabatang Baru, Sook, Keningau ** St. Paul Miki's Church, Sinaron Tengah, Sook, Keningau ** Our Lady of Fatima Church, Kilugus, Sook, Keningau ** Kristus Raja (Christ the King) Church, Tulid, Sook, Keningau ** All Saints (Para Kudus) Church, Kebulu, Keningau ** St. Clare of Assisi's Church, Lintuhun Baru, Sook, Keningau ** St. Mary's Church, Namadan Baru, Sook, Keningau ** All Angels' Church, Barasanon, Sook, Keningau and ** St. Thomas Aquinas' Church, Koposion, Sook, Keningau * St. Theresa of Lisieux's Parish, Tondulu,

(16 outstations) ** sub-parishes of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini's Church, Nambayan, Tambunan ** Sts. Anne and Joachim's Church, Dabata-Tabilung-Daar, Tambunan ** St. David's Church, Monsorulung, Tambunan ** Holy Family Church, Kuala Monsok, Tambunan ** St. Linus' Church, Monsok Tengah, Tambunan ** Father Abraham's (Bapa Abraham) Church Purutan, Monsorulung, Tambunan ** St. Stephen's Church, Monsok Ulu, Tambunan ** St. Luke the Evangelist's (Lukas) Church, Tikolod, Tambunan ** Catholic Chapel Movement Room/Gethsemane Garden Retreat Centre, Kiawayan, Tambunan ** St. Peter's Church, Mangkatai, Tambunan ** Christ the King's Church, Sungoi, Tambunan ** Carmelite Monastery Chapel (CSE) and St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Kaingaran, Tambunan ** St. John the Baptist's (Yohannes Pembaptis) Church, Rompon, Tambunan ** St. Mary's Church Dakar, Rompon, Tambunan ** St. Anthony's Church, Lotong, Tambunan ** Holy Spirit (Spiritu Sangti) Church, Kitou, Tambunan and ** St. Martin's Church, Tampasak, Tambunan * Holy Cross Parish, Toboh,

(20 outstations) ** sub-parishes of Kristus Nokotungag (Risen Christ) Church, Tombotuon-Kapayan, Tambunan ** St. Anthony's Church, Patau, Tambunan ** Divine Mercy (Kerahiman Ilahi) Church, Makatip-Rugading, Tambunan ** St. Peter's Church, Kusob, Tambunan ** St. John's Church, Kuala Namadan, Tambunan ** Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Libang-Pahu, Tambunan ** Blessed Sacrament Church, Kirokot, Tambunan ** Mary Help of Christians Church, Timbou-Sukung, Tambunan ** Spiritu Tobitua (Holy Spirit) Church, Sunsuron, Tambunan ** St. John's Church, Romokon Lama, Kiulu,

** St. Paul's Church, Poring, Kiulu, Tuaran ** St. Paul's Church, Romokon Baru, Kiulu, Tuaran ** St. Joseph's Church, Garas, Tambunan ** St. Anthony's Church, Sintuong-Tuong, Tambunan ** Christ the King's Church, Bambangan, Tambunan ** St. Matthew the Apostle's Church, Tontolob Liwan-Tungou, Tambunan ** Holy Trinity Church Tiang, Tonop, Tambunan and ** St. Rose of Lima Church, Sinungkalangan, Bambangan, Tambunan * St. Anthony of Padua's Parish (16 outstations)/Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission District (Land of Our Lady Church), Kemabong,

(15 outstations) ** sub-parishes of St. Mary, Melalap, Tenom ** St. Simon the Zealot's Church, Paal, Tenom ** St. Simon's Church, Kg. Tatau, Kemabong, Tenom ** Holy Family Church Gumisi, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Peter's Church Kuala Paitan, Kemabong, Tenom ** Holy Trinity Church Tolokoson-Angalor, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Thomas' Church Mamaitom, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Paul's Church Bangkulin, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Jude's Church Kaparungan-Kalibatang-Marais, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Michael the Archangel's Church Kuala Tomani, Kemabong, Tenom ** St. Damian's (Damianus) Church, Inubai-Ponontomon, Tenom ** St. Joseph's Church, Batu-Batu/Saga, Tenom ** St. John the Apostle's Church, Mandalom-Barung, Tenom ** Holy Trinity Church, Paguokon, Tenom ** Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Batu Tiningkang, Tenom ** St. Martha of Bethany's Church, Lagud, Tenom ** St. Mary Magdalene's Church Pulong, Melalap, Tenom ** St. Paul's Church Pagansangon, Melalap, Tenom ** St. Francis of Assisi's Church Pangalat, Melalap, Tenom ** Church of the Risen Christ, Tipoh, Tenom ** St. Joseph's Church, Sigapon, Tenom ** St. Peter's Church, Pamilaan, Tenom and ** St. Anne's Church, Baru Jumpa-Sugiang Lama-Kalamatoi, Kemabong, Tenom

Clergy

Bishop

Datuk Cornelius Piong, DD.

Permanently based priests

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Parish, Keningau (KSFX) * Rector: Msgr. Gilbert Lasius Duuk * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Bede Anthonius Balunting, Fr. Kennedy Nakudah Kilin, Fr. Joseph Kondu Gapitang and Fr. Appolonius Yakis, CSE St. Valentine's Parish, Beaufort/St. John the Baptist's Parish, Sipitang * Rector: Fr. Ronnie Luni * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Lazarus Uhin St. Peter's Parish Bundu, Kuala Penyu * Rector: Fr. Roney Mailap * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Paul Mikin St Patrick's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort * Rector: Fr. Boniface Kimsin Holy Spirit Parish Sook, Keningau * Rector: Fr. Clement Abel Anggas * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Philip Muji, Fr. Anthony Clarence Mikat and Fr. Bede Morti Lamutan St. Theresa of Lisieux's Parish, Tondulu, Tambunan * Rector: Fr. Rudolf Joannes * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Sharbel Kevin Francisco Joseph Sambikol, CSE Holy Cross Parish, Toboh, Tambunan * Rector: Fr. Wilfred James * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Giovanni Chrysostomus Sugau, CSE and Fr. David Mamat St. Anthony of Padua's Parish/Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission District, Kemabong, Tenom * Rector: Fr. Bonaventure Jausi Unting * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Harry Dorisoh and Fr. Benedict Daulis Runsab

Priests of Keningau

* Msgr. Gilbert Lasius Duuk (Vicar general) * Msgr. Gilbert Engan (Vicar general emeritus) * Fr. Alberto Irenus David, SJ * Fr. Anthony Clarence Mikat * Fr. Appolonius Yakis, CSE * Fr. Bede Anthonius Balunting * Fr. Bede Morti Lamutan * Fr. Benedict Daulis Runsab * Fr. Bonaventure Jausi Unting * Fr. Boniface Kimsin * Fr. Dr. Charles Chiew * Fr. Clement Abel Anggas * Fr. Cosmas Francis Yasun, OFM * Fr. David Richard Gasikol * Fr. David Mamat * Fr. Dominico Evan Lasius Duuk, CSE * Fr. Francis Dakun * Fr. Gilbert James Augustine Janggul,

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* Fr. Giovanni Chrysostomus Sugau, CSE * Fr. Harry Dorisoh * Fr. Joseph Kondu Gapitang * Fr. Kennedy Nakudah Kilin * Fr. Lazarus Uhin * Fr. Nalerin Elrone Nahfirin, SJ * Fr. Nelbart Peter * Fr. Paul Mikin * Fr. Philip Muji * Fr. Roney Mailap * Fr. Ronnie Alfred Luni * Fr. Rudolf Michael Rayner Sagulu, CSE * Fr. Rudolf Joannes * Fr. Sharbel Kevin Francisco Joseph Sambikol, CSE * Fr. Sixtus Pitah Amit, OFM * Fr. Valentine Gompuk, OFM Cap * Fr. William Nelson Evarinus Sipalan, OFM

Priests Outstationed/On Study Leave

* Fr. Cosmas Francis Yasun, OFM * Fr. Valentine Gompuk, OFM Cap (Church of St. Francis of Assisi,

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) * Frs. Francis Dakun and Clement Abel Anggas (St. Peter's College Major Seminary,

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) * Fr. Alberto Irenus David, SJ ( Church of St. Francis Xavier,

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) * Fr. David Richard Gasikol (

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) * Fr. Gilbert James Augustine Janggul, OFM Cap ( Church of the Risen Christ,

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) * Fr. William Nelson Evarinus Sipalan, OFM (Church of St. Ann, 10th mile, Kuching-Serian Highway, Kota Padawan, Kuching, Sarawak) * Fr. Nalerin Elrone Nahfirin, SJ (Jesuit mission in Spain) * Fr. Sixtus Pitah Amit, OFM ( Sacred Heart Cathedral,

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Religious orders

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(OFM Cap) *

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(OFM) *

Society of Jesus The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 ...

(SJ) * Carmelitae Sancti Eliae (CSE) * Carmelite Sisters / Puteri Carmel (PC) * Infant Jesus Sisters (IJS) *

Poor Clare Sisters The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: ''Ordo Sanctae Clarae''), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Sec ...

/ Poor Clares (PCS) * Secular Institute of Betania Community (ISKB)

Missionary schools

Primary

* SK St. Francis Xavier, Keningau * SK St. John, Beaufort * SK St. Stephen Kiaru, Kuala Penyu * SK St. Anthony, Tenom * SK St. Joseph Kabunau, Kuala Penyu * SK St. Pius Pamilaan, Tenom * SK St. James Apin-Apin, Keningau * SK St. Patrick, Membakut, Beaufort * SRK St. Theresa Tondulu, Tambunan * SK St. Augustine Kiambor, Kuala Penyu * SK St. David Toboh, Tambunan * SK St. Peter Bundu, Kuala Penyu

Secondary

* SMK St. Francis Xavier, Keningau * SM St. Martin Tampasak, Tambunan * SM St. Anthony, Tenom * SM St. John, Beaufort * SM St. Peter Bundu, Kuala Penyu * SMK St. Patrick, Membakut, Beaufort