Diocese of Ketapang
| Diocese of Ketapang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pontianak |
| Diocesan bishop | Pius Riana Prapdi |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Blasius Pujoraharja |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 34,600 km² |
| Parishes | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 440,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 83,876 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 19.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3.226 |
| Friars | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 74 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Santa Gemma |
| Website | http://keuskupan.kayong.or.id/ |
The diocese of Ketapang ( lat. : Dioecesis Ketapangensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ketapang .
history
The diocese of Ketapang was on June 14, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Pontianak as Apostolic Prefecture Ketapang . The Apostolic Prefecture of Ketapang was founded on January 3, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Quod Christ raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pontianak as a suffragan . On April 9, 1968, the diocese of Ketapang gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Sekadau .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ketapang
- Gabriel Sillekens CP , 1954–1961
Bishops of Ketapang
- Gabriel Sillekens CP, 1961-1979
- Blasius Pujoraharja , 1979–2012
- Pius Riana Prapdi , since 2012