{{Short description|Dutch Catholic bishop (1902–1980)}} {{Expand language|topic=bio|langcode=de|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency | name = James Buis | honorific-suffix = MHM | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu | image = 3-bishop-james-buis 40654853183 o.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = Kota Kinabalu | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = | term = | term_start = 18 January 1947 | quashed = | term_end = 1 August 1972 | predecessor = August Wachter | opposed = | successor = Peter Chung Hoan Ting | other_post = | previous_post = | ordination = 17 July 1927 | ordained_by = | consecration = 1 May 1952 | consecrated_by = {{illm|Johannes Petrus Huibers|nl}} | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1902|06|19}} | birth_place = Leiden | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|04|24|1902|06|19}} | death_place = Holland | buried = | nationality = Dutch | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = In verbo tuo laxabo rete (“At thy word, I will let down the net.”) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arm of Bishop Buis of Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Kinabalu.png | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }}
'''James Buis ''' (19 June 1902 – 24 April 1980) was a Dutch Roman Catholic prelate of the Mill Hill Missionaries. He was titular bishop of Astypalaia from 1952 until his death and first Vicar Apostolic of Kota Kinabalu from 1947 to 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 🇲🇾 |url=https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kota0.htm |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=GCatholic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaysian Catholic History |url=http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/index.php |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Herald Malaysia Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-16 |title=Stella Maris Tanjung Aru |url=https://www.catholicadkk.org/tanjung-aru/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbuis.html James Buis, M.H.M. at Catholic Hierarchy]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buis, James}} Category:1902 births Category:1980 deaths Category:20th-century Dutch Roman Catholic priests Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malaysia Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Pius XII Category:Clergy from Leiden {{Vietnam-RC-bishop-stub}}