Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau
Diocese of Keningau Dioecesis Keningauensis Keuskupan Keningau 根地咬教区 | |
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Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau | |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kota Kinabalu |
| Metropolitan | Kota Kinabalu |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,298 km2 (7,065 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Latin |
| Established | 17 December 1992 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau |
| Patron saint | Francis Xavier |
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| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Datuk Cornelius Piong |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Datuk John Wong Soo Kau |
| Vicar General | Rev. Msgr. Gilbert Lasius Duuk |
| Episcopal Vicars | Rev. Msgr. Gilbert Engan |
The Diocese of Keningau (Latin: Dioecesis Keningauensis; Malay: Keuskupan Keningau; Mandarin: 根地咬教区) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. This diocese covers Sabah's interior districts of Keningau (including Sook), Nabawan (including Pensiangan and Sapulut), Sipitang, Beaufort (including Membakut), Tenom (including Kemabong), Tambunan and Kuala Penyu as well as a partial extraterritoriality jurisdiction on two districts in Sabah's West Coast Division, namely in the Bongawan area of Papar district, which borders the district of Beaufort via the township of Membakut and the Kiulu area of Tuaran 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.