Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya

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Diocese of Surabaya

Dioecesis Surabayanus

Keuskupan Surabaya
File:Surabaya Cathedral.jpg
Surabaya Cathedral, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya
Location
Country Indonesia
Ecclesiastical province Semarang
Metropolitan Semarang
Statistics
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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 the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbisopric of Semarang, 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 Surabaia
  • Teofilo Emilio de Backere, Lazarists (C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937)
  • Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16 see below)
Apostolic Prefects of Surabaia
Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya

Sources and External Links

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