Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (Dioecesis Sandakaanus) is located in east Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The diocese is subdivided into 5 parishes and 1 mission district.^[1]

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 Sandakan and Tawau Divisions located in the East Coast of Sabah state.

Five parishes and one mission are located in the Diocese of Sandakan.^[2]

• St. Mary's Cathedral Parish, Sandakan
• St. Dominic's Parish, Lahad Datu
• Paitan Mission (St. Francis of Assisi's Church), Paitan, Beluran
• St. Martin's Parish, Telupid
• Holy Trinity Parish, Tawau
• Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Beluran

Julius Dusin Gitom, DD

St Mary's Cathedral Parish, Sandakan

• Rector: Fr. Simon Jiwidi Kontou
• Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Raymond Lee Seng Huat

Holy Trinity Parish, Tawau

• Rector: Fr. David Garaman
• Assistant Rector(s): Fr. Dafrinn Diwol

Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Beluran

• Rector: Fr. Stephen Esguerra

St Dominic's Parish, Lahad Datu

• Rector: Fr. Stanley Matakim

St Martin's Parish, Telupid

• Rector: Fr. Christopher Ireneus

St. Francis of Assisi's Mission District, Paitan, Beluran

• Priest-in-Charge: Fr. Arthur John

• SK St. Mary Convent, Sandakan
• SK St. Mary, Labuk, Sandakan
• SK St. Mary Town, Sandakan
• SK St. Dominic, Lahad Datu
• SK Holy Trinity, Tawau

• SMK St. Mary, Sandakan
• SMK Convent St. Cecilia, Sandakan
• SMK St. Dominic, Lahad Datu
• SMK Convent St. Ursula, Tawau
• SMK Holy Trinity, Tawau

• Official website
• catholic-hierarchy.org
• GCatholic.org