Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Dioecesis Surabayana) 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.

Diocese of Surabaya

Dioecesis Surabayana

Keuskupan Surabaya
Gereja Santa Perawan Maria, the oldest Catholic church in Surabaya
Location
CountryIndonesia
Ecclesiastical provinceArchdiocese of Semarang
Statistics
Area24,461 km2 (9,444 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
3,400,000
150,457 (4.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVincentius Sutikno Wisaksono
Metropolitan ArchbishopRobertus Rubiyatmoko

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, (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 Antonius Klooster, C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03 see below)
Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya


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