Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya
Diocese of Surabaya Dioecesis Surabayana Keuskupan Surabaya | |
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| Bishopric | |
 Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan | Semarang |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,461 km2 (9,444 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,400,000 150,457 (4.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Surabaya |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo[1][2] |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Robertus Rubiyatmoko |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Dioecesis Surabayana) is a suffragan Latin diocese, located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.
Its episcopal see is at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya.
The diocese is headed by bishop-elect Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo,[1][2] who the bishop, Mgr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono, preceded.
History
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- 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 entitled to a titular bishop.
- Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
- August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya
Ordinaries
[edit]- Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya
- Teofilo Emilio de Backere, (C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937)
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16)
- Apostolic Vicars 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)
- Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya
- Jan Antonius 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 – death August 10, 2023)
- Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo[1][2] (October 29, 2024 - present)
Sources and External Links
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