Diocese of

Sandakan

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sandakan / 山打根 (正體中文) / Sandakanan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kota Kinabalu

Bishop (2007.07.16 – ...):

Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom (65)

Bishops of Sandakan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom (65)
(2007.07.16 – ...)

Bishop of Sandakan (Malaysia)

Bishop of Sandakan (Malaysia) (2007.07.16 – ...)

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Area: 43,110 km²

Population: 59,435 Catholics (4.3% of 1,378,723 total) (2020)

Statistics: 5 parishes, 1 mission, 9 priests (diocesan), 7 lay religious (7 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)

2007.07.16: Established as Diocese of Sandakan / 山打根 (正體中文) / Sandakanan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kota Kinabalu and became suffragan of Kuching)
2008.05.23: Became suffragan of Kota Kinabalu

Last updated on 2023.02.25