 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Diocese of Sibu Diœcesis Sibuensis Keuskupan Sibu | |
|---|---|
 Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kuching |
| Metropolitan | Kuching |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 41,484 km2 (16,017 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 886,565 129,000[1] (14.6%) |
| Parishes | 12[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 22 December 1986 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Language | |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Joseph Hii Teck Kwong |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng |
| Vicar General | Michael Lee Hock Chai |
| Bishops emeritus | Dominic Su Haw Chiu (1987-2011) |
| Map | |
 The diocese map | |
| Website | |
| catholic.my/dioceseofsibu | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sibu (Latin: Dioecesis Sibuensis) is the ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Church or the diocese of the Catholic Church in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is headquartered in Sibu and covered the divisions of Sibu, Mukah, Sarikei, and Kapit.
Erected in 1986 by Pope John Paul II and first led by Dominic Su Haw Chiu, this diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuching. The diocesan cathedral is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sibu. The current Bishop of Sibu is Joseph Hii Teck Kwong, having been installed in 2012.