Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu

Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral
	5°57′54″N 116°04′19″E / 5.965°N 116.072°ECoordinates: 5°57′54″N 116°04′19″E / 5.965°N 116.072°E
Location	Karamunsing, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Country	Malaysia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	sacredheartcathedralkk.org
History
Founded	1911 (Parish)
Dedicated	22 June 1911 (original church); 14 August 1938 (rebuilt church); 11 December 1949 (rebuilt church/cathedral); 21 November 1981 (current cathedral)
Past bishop(s)	John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw
Architecture
Architect(s)	Shen Dah Cheong (Principal); Rev. Tobias Chi (Advisor)
Completed	1911-1938 (original church); 1938-1945 (rebuilt church); 1949-1979 (rebuilt church/cathedral); 1981 (current rebuilt cathedral)
Administration
Archdiocese	Kota Kinabalu
Province	Ecclesiastical Province of Kota Kinabalu
Clergy
Archbishop	John Wong Soo Kau
Rector	Paul Lo
Assistant priest(s)	Sunny Chung; Russell Lawrine M. Samin; Saimon William

Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, and the seat of its current archbishop, John Wong Soo Kau. The current cathedral was built from 1979 to 1981, with its dedication held on 21 November 1981.

History[]

In early January 1903, Fr Henry van der Heyden first arrived in Jesselton. His aggressive policy of importing Chinese workers by the Chartered Company Government sudden flooded the town with the arrival of hundreds of Chinese immigrants. The mission was named Sacred Heart of Jesus in June 1903.

Panorama of the Sanctuary

Interior and Ceiling of the Cathedral

The bulk of the early Catholic community was made up of poor Hakka farmers in a completely new land striving to adjust to all the harsh conditions of a new life. Surrounded by experience of much struggles and suffering in their daily lives, Fr Heyden thought of God's compassionate love for His children in Borneo, and remembered that Jesus also suffered and died for them, which is possibly the reason the church was then named Sacred Heart.

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Cathedral Facade
Rear view of the Cathedral
Parish Center Facade
Interior during Chinese New Year Celebrations
Marian Grotto
Emmaus Home

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Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu

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