Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya
Diocese of Surabaya Dioecesis Surabayanus Keuskupan Surabaya | |
|---|---|
 Gereja Santa Perawan Maria, the oldest Catholic church in Surabaya | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archdiocese of Semarang |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,461 km2 (9,444 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,400,000 150,457 (4.4%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Johannes Pujasumarta |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Surabayan(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, in the city of Surabaya.
History
- Established on February 15, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta)
- October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia, still a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction but hence entitled to a titular bishop.
- Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
- August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya
Ordinaries
(all Roman rite, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)
- Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya
- Teofilo Emilio de Backere, Lazarists (C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937)
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16 see below)
Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaya
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1941.10.16 – death 1952.05.08), Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)
- Jan Klooster, C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03 see below)
- Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya
- Jan Klooster, C.M. (see above January 3, 1961 – 1982), Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1961.01.03 – 1982)
- Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono (April 2, 1982 – March 26, 1994)
- Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta (March 26, 1994 – death December 13, 2003)
- Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono (April 3, 2007 – ...)
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