Diocese of Sibu
Sibuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sibu, Malaysia
The Diocese of Sibu is a Latin Catholic suffragan see of Kuching covering central Sarawak in East Malaysia. It was erected in 1986 and has been led by Joseph Hii Teck Kwong since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1986
- Latin
- Sibuen(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003054
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 129,000
- Population
- 886,565
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 14.6%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 6,143
- Extent
- 41,484 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Hii Teck Kwong
- Born
- 25 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Sibu
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sibu stands in Sibu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kuching
A suffragan of Kuching.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KuchingKuching
- Diocese of MiriMiri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope John Paul II erected the Diocese of Sibu (Latin: Dioecesis Sibuensis; Malay: Keuskupan Sibu; Mandarin: 诗巫教区) in 1986, with (the late) Dominic Su Haw Chiu as its first shepherd. A Latin Catholic territory in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, it reaches from Sarikei to Mukah and is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sibu is its cathedral, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Joseph are its principal patrons, and Joseph Hii Teck Kwong has governed the see since 12 February 2012.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.