The Diocese of Keningau (Latin: Dioecesis Keningauensis; Malay: Keuskupan Keningau; Mandarin: 根地咬教区) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. This diocese covers Sabah's interior districts of Keningau (including Sook), Nabawan (including Pensiangan, Sapulut and Pagalungan), 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 is actually allocated under the pastoral care of the 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.
History Erected in 1992 by the order of papal bull "Opitulante Quidem Domino",https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/la/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921217_keningauensis.html carved from the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. On 23 May 2008; the diocese became a suffragan of the newly elevated Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu. The first bishop is the Right Reverend Datuk Cornelius Piong, appointed on 17 December 1992. There are 20 secular and 2 religious priests.
In a statement for Malaysia Day 2021, Piong issued a statement seeking the Malaysia's leadership to be "exemplary role models" in light of the county's diversity of race, culture, and religion.
Bishops No.PortraitNamePeriod in officeInsignia1Cornelius Piong (born 1949)17 December 1992–Present
List of parishes There are 11 parishes and 1 mission district located in the Diocese of Keningau (but two outstation churches in Tambunan district falls under the pastoral care of St. Anthony's Church, Apin-Apin which is in turn, one of the sub-parishes of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Keningau namely St. Paul the Apostle's Church, Kg. Rantai as well as St Peter's Church Kg. Donggiluang, Apin-Apin Lama, Tambunan); since it is located in the border of both districts along the Keningau-Tambunan highway (which also marks the parochial boundary between the cathedral parish and St. Theresa of Lisieux's Church in Tondulu, Tambunan) as well as extraterritorial oustation churches under Holy Cross Parish, Toboh, Tambunan located in a very remote area of the Kiulu sub-district of Tuaran in the northern part of Sabah's West Coast Division which partially surrounds Tambunan district (marks the diocesan cum parochial borders between this church and St. Joseph Husband of Mary's Parish, Kiulu, Tamparuli, Tuaran, which is under the care of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu), as well as St. Patrick of Ireland's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort located in the Bongawan area of Papar district in the southern part of Sabah's West Coast Division, along the border of the Papar as well as Beaufort districts, which also marks the boundary between the West Coast and Interior divisions of Sabah state (also marks the diocesan borders between this diocese and the Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese, between the borders of the parishes between this church and St. Joseph the Worker's Parish in Papar).
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral Parish, Keningau (69 outstations) sub-parishes of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Bariawa Tengah, Keningau Our Lady of Lourdes Church/Nulu Sosopon Holy Family Diocesan Pilgrimage and Retreat Centre, Agudon, Keningau St. Raymond's Church, Bulu Silou, Keningau St. Dominic's Church, Linsosod/Liawan, Keningau St. Blasius' Church, Magatang, Keningau St. Paul the Apostle's Church Biah Skim, Ansip, Keningau St. Mary's Church, Bingkor, Keningau St. John's Church, Senagang, Keningau St. Anne's Church, Meninipir, Keningau Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Kitung, Keningau St. Joseph's Church, Menawo, Keningau St. John's Church, Biah, Keningau St. Gabriel the Archangel's Church, Ansip, Keningau St. John the Baptist's Church, Ambual, Keningau St. Francis of Assisi's Church Tagai, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. John the Evangelist's Church, Panui, Keningau Maria Rani Tobitua (Holy Mary Mother of God) Church, Linsudan, Keningau St. Paul's Church, Luanti Baru, Keningau St. Joseph's Church, Sigapon, Keningau St. Mary's Church Kepayan Baru, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. Bede's Church Pangas, Apin-Apin, Keningau Holy Family Church Gasabon, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. Paul's Church Baginda, Bingkor, Keningau Diocesan Retreat House Tuarid Taud, Tatal, Keningau St. Augustine of Hippo's Church, Ria, Keningau St. Philip's Church, Tigot, Keningau St. Bernardette's Church Binaong, Bingkor, Keningau St. Mary's Church, Toboh Laut, Keningau St. Thomas' Church, Kuangoh, Keningau Holy Family Church, Patikang Ulu, Keningau St. Fabian's Church, Tonobon Baru/Bunga Raya, Keningau St. David's Church, Liau Darat/Liau Ulu, Keningau St. Anthony's Church, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. Gabriel the Archangel's Church Kirokot Baru, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. Edward the Confessor's Church, Melidang, Keningau St. Peter's Church, Sodomon, Keningau St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Pantai Baru, Keningau St. Paul's Church, Toboh Baru, Keningau St. John's Church, Bomboi, Keningau Holy Spirit Church, Tohan Baru/Merampong, Keningau St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Kindasan, Keningau St. John's Church Kiporing, Menawo, Keningau St. Francis de Sales' Church, Pamalan, Keningau St. John's Church, Jaya Baru, Keningau Divine Mercy/St. Mariana's Church, Patikang Laut, Keningau St. Stephen's Church, Liau Tengah, Keningau St. Emmanuel's Church Naukab, Apin-Apin, Keningau St. Peter's Church Donggiluang, Apin-Apin Lama, Tambunan St. Paul's Church Rantai, Apin-Apin Lama, Tambunan Holy Family Church, Bukit Merah, Keningau St. Maria Goretti's Church, Gaulan, Keningau St. Monica's Church, Baitah, Keningau St. Isidore's Church, Tombotuon Baru, Keningau Emmanuel Church, Libodon, Keningau St. George's Church, Mempulut, Keningau St. David's Church, Kahaba, Keningau St. Anne's Church Inandung, Ansip/Dalit, Keningau St. Dominic's Church Dalit, Ansip, Keningau Divine Mercy Church, Kalampun, Keningau St. John's Church, Malaing, Keningau St. Joseph's Church, Lumiri Tengah, Keningau St. Peter's Church, Panagatan, Keningau St. James the Apostle's Church Bunsit, Bingkor, Keningau St. John's Church Mongitom Ulu, Bunga Raya, Keningau St. Mark the Evangelist's Church Kampung Baru, Bunga Raya, Keningau and St. Edwin of Northumbria's Church Belinin, Ansip/Dalit, Keningau St. Valentine's Parish, Beaufort (10 outstations)/St. John the Baptist's Parish, Sipitang sub-parishes of St. Zeno, Mile 58, Beaufort St. Boniface, Mile 60, Beaufort St. Simon, Saliwangan Baru, Beaufort Christ the King, Mile 70, Beaufort St. Michael the Archangel, Mile 6 1/2, Lumadan, Beaufort St. Joseph, Laboi, Beaufort St. Thomas, Takuli, Beaufort St. John the Apostle, Kiulu Baru, Beaufort and Divine Mercy, Lumat Laut, Beaufort St. Peter's Parish, Bundu, Kuala Penyu (18 outstations) sub-parishes of St. Joseph's Church, Kabunau/Menumpang, Kuala Penyu Church of Saints Simon and Jude, Kalanggaan/Bosusung, Kuala Penyu St. Francis of Assisi's Church (Franciscan House of Prayer), Jangkit/Sawangan, Kuala Penyu St. Stephen's Church, Kiaru, Kuala Penyu St. Ambrose's Church, Menumbok, Kuala Penyu St. Henry's Church, Kekapor/Batu Abai, Kuala Penyu St. Catherine of Siena's Church, Menunggang, Kuala Penyu Christ the Good Shepherd Church, Ginantungan, Kuala Penyu St. Luke the Apostle's Church, Motiwog, Kuala Penyu St. John of the Cross Church, Gana, Kuala Penyu St. Mary's Church, Kaparing, Kuala Penyu St. Simon the Zealot's Church/St. Theresa of Lisieux's Diocesan Retreat Centre, Purun, Kuala Penyu St. Gabriel the Archangel's Church, Kakaporan, Kuala Penyu St. Paul's Church, Batu Linting, Kuala Penyu St. Augustine's Church, Kiambor, Kuala Penyu St. John the Apostle's Church, Kabatung/Kudot, Kuala Penyu Christ the Saviour Church, Janang, Kuala Penyu (formerly Our Lady of the Rosary, Janang) and St. Thomas Becket's Church, Kelampun/Kilugus, Kuala Penyu St. Patrick's Parish, Membakut, Beaufort (6 outstations) sub-parishes of St. Philip's Church, Sinuko, Membakut, Beaufort St. Thomas' Church, Poring, Membakut, Beaufort St. Peter's Church, Penompok, Membakut, Beaufort St. Augustine of Hippo's Church, Tamalang, Membakut, Beaufort (formerly St. Paul's Church, Tamalang) St. Veronica's Church, Tiong, Membakut, Beaufort St. Jude's Church, Ulu Lumagar, Bongawan, Papar St. Mary's Church, Paung, Membakut, Beaufort and Christ the King Church, Dungau, Membakut, Beaufort Holy Spirit Parish, Sook, Keningau/St. Bede's Mission District, Nabawan (47 outstations) sub-parishes of St. Michael the Archangel's Church, Pensiangan, Nabawan St. Catherine of Siena's Church Tumura, Pensiangan, Nabawan St. Bernardine of Siena Church, Salong, Pensiangan, Nabawan St. Mark the Evangelist Church, Tantayakan, Sapulut, Nabawan St. Joseph's Church, Pandiwan, Nabawan St. Maria Goretti's Church, Sinjaya, Nabawan Sts. Peter and Paul's Church, Pemunterian, Nabawan Assumption of Our Lady Church, Tetagas, Nabawan St. Isidore's Church, Pangaraan, Nabawan St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Tiulon, Sook, Keningau St. Joseph's Church, Maatol, Tiulon, Sook, Keningau Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Mototou, Tiulon, Sook, Keningau St. Paul's Church/Mother Mary of the Cross Chapel (Chapel Baloi Bonda Maria Nuluh Salib Tobitua), Rancangan Belia, Tiulon, Sook, Keningau St. John Vianney's Church, Simbuan, Sook, Keningau Mother Mary/Our Lady of Rosary Church, Karamatoi/Dumbun, Sook, Keningau St. John Baptist De La Salle's Church, Mokotog, Sook, Keningau All Angels' Church, Seselungon/Nandangan, Sook, Keningau St. Stephen's Church, Sinaron, Sook, Keningau St. Andrew the Apsotle Church, Delayan Lama, Sook, Keningau St. Ignatius' Church, Delayan Baru, Sook, Keningau St. Faustina Kowalska's Church, Kionsom Baru, Sook, Keningau Holy Trinity Church, Tuaran Baru, Sook, Keningau St. Emmanuel's Church, Tinagalan, Sook, Keningau St. Paul's Church, Bunang, Sook, Keningau St. Peter's Church, Kabatang Baru, Sook, Keningau St. Paul Miki's Church, Sinaron Tengah, Sook, Keningau Our Lady of Fatima Church, Kilugus, Sook, Keningau Christ the King Church, Tulid, Sook, Keningau All Saints Church, Kebulu, Sook, Keningau St. Clare of Assisi's Church, Lintuhun Baru, Sook, Keningau St. Mary's Church, Namadan Baru, Sook, Keningau All Angels' Church, Barasanon, Sook, Keningau St. Thomas Aquinas' Church, Koposion, Sook, Keningau St. Theresa's Church, Pulutan, Sook, Keningau Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Kiulu Baru, Sook, Keningau (formerly Our Lady of Rosary Church, Kiulu Baru) St. Edward the Confessor Church, Batu Lunguyan, Sook, Keningau St. Peter Faber's Church, Lanas, Sook, Keningau St. Anthony of Padua Church Pinipi, Lanas, Sook, Keningau St. John the Baptist Church Kilo, Lanas, Sook, Keningau St. Francis of Assisi Church, Sinua, Sook, Keningau (formerly Holy Family Church, Sinua) Mother Mary Church, Simpang Empat, Sook, Keningau St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Church, Bonod, Sook, Keningau St. Michael the Archangel Church, Papar Baru, Sook, Keningau Risen Christ (Kristus Nokotungag) Church, Menanti, Sook, Keningau Holy Family Church, Mansiat, Sook, Keningau and Divine Mercy Church, Bahagia, Nabawan St. Theresa of Lisieux's Parish, Tondulu, Tambunan (16 outstations) sub-parishes of St. Frances Cabrini's Church, Nambayan, Tambunan St. Joseph the Worker's Church, Ragkam/Kuyungon/Mogong/Kasalasan/Papar, Tambunan Sts. Anne and Joachim's Church, Dabata/Tabilung/Daar, Tambunan St. David's Church, Monsorulung, Tambunan Holy Family Church, Kuala Monsok, Tambunan St. Joachim of Nazareth's Church, Lintuhun/Laab/Karanaan, Tambunan