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Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau

Coordinates: 5°19′59″N 116°09′14″E / 5.3331°N 116.1540°E / 5.3331; 116.1540
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Diocese of Keningau

Dioecesis Keningauensis

Keuskupan Keningau
Cathedral of Keningau
Location
CountryMalaysia
Ecclesiastical provinceKota Kinabalu
MetropolitanKota Kinabalu
Statistics
Area18,298 km2 (7,065 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
561,000
102,777 (18.3%)
Information
RiteLatin
Established17 December 1992
CathedralCathedral of St Francis Xavier in Keningau
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCornelius Piong
Metropolitan ArchbishopJohn Wong Soo Kau
Website
keningaudiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau (Lat: Dioecesis Keningauensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Malaysia.

Erected in 1992, from the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, on 23 May 2008; the diocese became a suffragan of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu.

The first and only bishop is Cornelius Piong, appointed in 1992.

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5°19′59″N 116°09′14″E / 5.3331°N 116.1540°E / 5.3331; 116.1540