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Sandakan Sandakan (, Jawi: , ) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of ...

(''Dioecesis Sandakaana'') is located in east

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. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 5

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...

es and 1 mission district.

History

The diocese was created on 16 July 2007, from some territory of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu
Julius Dusin Gitom
was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The diocese covers the

and

Tawau Division Tawau Division ( ms, Bahagian Tawau) is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies a total of 14,905 square kilometres or 20% of Sabah's territory. The main towns include the capital of Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak ...

s of Sabah State.

List of parishes

Five parishes and one mission are located in the Diocese of Sandakan. * St. Mary's Cathedral Parish,

* St. Dominic's Parish,

Lahad Datu Lahad Datu ( ms, Bandar Lahad Datu) is the capital of the Lahad Datu District in the Dent Peninsula on Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 27,887 in 2010. The town is surrounded by stretches of cocoa an ...

* St. Martin's Parish, Telupid * Holy Trinity Parish,

Tawau Tawau (, Jawi: , ), formerly known as Tawao, is the capital of the Tawau District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the third-largest city in Sabah, after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. It is located on the Semporna Peninsula in the southeast coast of t ...

* Our Lady of Fatima Parish,

Beluran Beluran ( ms, Pekan Beluran) is the capital of the Beluran District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 3,132 in 2010. The population is a mixture of many ethnic groups, with the Kadazan-Dusu ...

* Paitan Mission (St. Francis of Assisi's Chapel),

Clergy

Bishop

Julius Dusin Gitom
DD

Priests

St Mary's Cathedral Parish, Sandakan * Rector: Rev. Fr. David Garaman * Assistant Rector(s): Rev. Fr. Christopher Ireneus, Rev. Fr. Dafrinn Diwol Paitan Mission District * Priest-in-Charge: Fr. Thomas Makajil Holy Trinity Parish, Tawau * Rector: Msgr. Nicholas Ong * Assistant Rector(s): Rev. Fr. Stanley Matakim Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Beluran * Rector: Fr. Philip Muji St Dominic's Parish, Lahad Datu * Rector: Fr. Simon Jiwidi Kontou * Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Marcellinus Madamit Pongking St Martin's Parish, Telupid * Rector: ''Unknown'' * Assistant Rector(s): ''Unknown''

References

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