369:, who were serving as teachers in Sandakan. Into the vacuum created by the imprisonment of the missionaries stepped the few local clergy, including the five graduates of the College of the Holy Way, namely the Revd Chin Phu Yin, the Revd Chong En Siong, the Revd Lai Chun Sang, the Revd Lim Siong Teck and the Revd Vun Nen Vun. Christians suffered persecution during the Japanese occupation as they were adherents of a faith considered to be "Western." Nevertheless, most held on to their faith during this difficult time.
32:
421:. He convinced the Rector of St Michael's Sandakan, the Revd Canon Frank Lomax, to accompany him upriver. Lomax was similarly moved by the difficulties faced by the rural villagers, and thus the SAIM was conceived and born to uplift the spiritual and material well-being of the peoples in the interior.
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to farm the surrounding area. Although they had been evangelised by disparate denominations back in China, Elton managed to convince them to form a single congregation. Thus, St James' Anglican Church, Kudat was born. The first Asian priest in North Borneo, the Revd Fong Hau Kong, was ordained deacon
416:
Work in the interior resumed in earnest in 1958 with the founding of the Sabah
Anglican Interior Mission (SAIM). The initial impetus behind the SAIM came from Bruce Sandilands, a district surveyor who was moved by the poverty he encountered during his trips along rivers which reached deep into the
252:
led to him being consecrated as the Bishop of Labuan and its
Dependencies in 1855. The Church of Our Holy Saviour, Labuan which was the first Anglican church in the present-day Diocese of Sabah, was consecrated by Bishop McDougall in 1866, although there is evidence of a congregation on the island
353:, the church of St Patrick's was finally established in 1917, 18 years after Revd Elton's first visit to the town in 1899. The first resident priest, Revd Vun Nen Vun, was a graduate of the short-lived but notable College of the Holy Way in Kudat, an experiment in educating local clergy.
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in 1909 from this last ecclesiastical territory, the area of the present-day
Diocese fell under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Labuan & Sarawak, which was reorganised as the Diocese of Borneo in 1949. In 1962, the latter diocese was divided into two, forming the
365:. The Japanese army's assault on North Borneo began on 27 December 1941, and by the end of February they had taken over the territory. Foreign clergy and other missionaries were interned, including Sisters Irene and Alison from the
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Throughout the first seventy years of
Anglican mission work in North Borneo, the focus had been on the coastal areas which were generally urban or semi-urban. An attempt to evangelise the peoples of the interior was started in
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was founded in 1899. Elton swiftly secured land for a church, and the SPG sent a missionary priest, the Revd George Clarke, to the area in 1902. By 1914 the mission included a boys' school, known later as
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280:. Bishop Hose was unable to visit Sandakan until 1884 but in 1883 sent a Chinese catechist, Ah Leng, to minister to the Chinese-speaking Christians in
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Diocese of Sabah begins with the mission work which was carried out in the crown colony of
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granted the
Lieutenant Governor, John Scott, the authority to perform weddings and funerals using the 1662
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Memoirs of Francis Thomas McDougall, Sometime Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, and of Harriette His Wife
264:, a British entrepreneur, obtained territorial possession of what became British North Borneo. The
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The first priest sent to North Borneo was the Revd William Henry Elton, a missionary of the
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75 Years on Elton Hill: The History of St Michael’s Church Sandakan, North Borneo
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The territorial jurisdiction of the diocese covers the entire 73,904 km of
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was appointed "Resident" of the East Coast. He founded the town of
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897:"Our Jerusalem: History of SAIM (Sabah Anglican Interior Mission)"
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had to be abandoned in 1902 due to the ill-health and transfer to
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132:. Founded in 1962, the see was originally part of the much larger
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232:Among the first Anglican missionaries sent to
818:Sabah Anglican Diocese Golden Jubilee History
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298:St. Michael's and All Angels Church, Sandakan
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858:Diocese of Sabah: 35th Anniversary 1962-1997
510:Datuk Albert Vun Cheong Fui (died in office)
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791:(PhD). Middlesex University. Archived from
413:of pioneer missionary the Revd Fred Perry.
975:Diocese of Sabah Silver Jubilee, 1962-1987
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396:The Sabah Anglican Interior Mission (SAIM)
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840:, Kota Kinabalu: The Diocese of Sabah
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499:25 September 1990 – 19 February 2006
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880:, Fairfax, VA: Truro Anglican Church
643:St James' Anglican Church Kudat 2010
631:St James' Anglican Church Kudat 2010
81:All Saints' Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu
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830:, London: Longmans, Green & Co
372:North Borneo was liberated by the
315:Christians were brought over from
288:First two churches in North Borneo
64:West Coast and Labuan Archdeaconry
14:
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945:St James' Kudat 120th Anniversary
868:You Called Me: Clergy Testimonies
860:, Kota Kinabalu: Diocese of Sabah
850:, Kota Kinabalu: Diocese of Sabah
491:30 November 1971 – 20 April 1990
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405:in 1896, but this work among the
388:and the Australian branch of the
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266:North Borneo Chartered Company
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866:Diocese of Singapore (1998),
826:Bunyon, Charles John (1889),
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515:19 May 2015 – present
485:Roland Koh Peck Chiang
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729:, pp. 18–19, 24.
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502:Datuk Yong Ping Chung
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284:as well as Sandakan.
278:George Frederick Hose
270:William Burgess Pryer
227:Book of Common Prayer
217:as the result of the
120:diocese which covers
836:Chhoa, Luke (2000),
480:1 March 1965 – 1970
470:24 July 1962 – 1964
248:, technicalities in
211:British North Borneo
138:Diocese of Singapore
66:Central Archdeaconry
937:, London: SCM Press
907:on 5 September 2018
215:Sultanate of Brunei
681:, pp. 29, 33.
531:Anglican Communion
340:All Saints' School
258:Baron von Overbeck
143:Diocese of Kuching
86:Current leadership
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