Roman Catholic Diocese of Keningau

Diocese of Keningau

Dioecesis Keningauensis

Keuskupan Keningau
Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau
Location
Country Malaysia
Ecclesiastical provinceKota Kinabalu
MetropolitanKota Kinabalu
Statistics
Area18,298 km2 (7,065 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
499,104
146,574 (29.37%)
Information
RiteLatin
Established17 December 1992
CathedralCathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Keningau
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDatuk Cornelius Piong
Metropolitan ArchbishopDatuk John Wong Soo Kau
Vicar GeneralRev. Msgr. Gilbert Lasius Duuk

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