Diocese of Jayapura
| Diocese of Jayapura | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Merauke |
| Diocesan bishop | Leo Laba Ladjar OFM |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 115,349 km² |
| Parishes | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 858,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 65,180 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 7.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,762 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 102 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 60 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Katedral Kristus Raja |
The Diocese of Jayapura ( lat. : Dioecesis Iayapuraensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Jayapura .
history
The Diocese of Jayapura was on May 12, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Melius aptiusque from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia . On June 14, 1954, the Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiae Fastos raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate Hollandia gave on December 19, 1959 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Manokwari . On June 28, 1963, the Apostolic Vicariate Hollandia was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Kota Baru . The Apostolic Vicariate of Kota Baru was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Sukarnapura on June 12, 1964 .
On November 15, 1966, the Apostolic Vicariate Sukarnapura was by Pope Paul VI. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Pro suscepto and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Merauke as a suffragan . The diocese of Sukarnapura was renamed the Diocese of Djajapura on April 25, 1969 . On August 22, 1973, the Diocese of Djajapura was renamed the Diocese of Jayapura . The Diocese of Jayapura gave on December 19, 2003 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Timika .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Hollandia
- Oscar Cremer's OFM , 1949-1954
Vicars Apostolic of Hollandia
- Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman OFM, 1956–1963
Vicars Apostolic of Kota Baru
- Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman OFM, 1963–1964
Vicars Apostolic of Sukarnapura
- Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman OFM, 1964–1966
Bishops of Sukarnapura
- Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman OFM, 1966–1969
Bishops of Djajapura
- Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman OFM, 1969–1972
- Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff OFM, 1972–1973
Bishops of Jayapura
- Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff OFM, 1973–1997
- Leo Laba Ladjar OFM, since 1997
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Jayapura on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 18, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Melius aptiusque , AAS 41 (1949), n.13, pp. 535f.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ecclesiae fastos , AAS 46 (1954), n.9, pp. 337f.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Pro suscepto , AAS 59 (1967), n.7, p. 483f.