Larantuka diocese
| Larantuka diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese end |
| Diocesan bishop | Franciscus Kopong Kung |
| Vicar General | Julius Luli CSsR |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 4,024 km² |
| Parishes | 43 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 346,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 253,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 73.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 103 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.931 |
| Friars | 61 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 225 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Katedral Reinha Rosari |
| address | Keuskupan Jl. Miguel Rangel 1-2 San Domingo, Kotak Pos 4 Larantuka 86213, Flores Indonesia |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka ( lat. : Dioecesis Larantukanus ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Larantuka .
history
The diocese Larantuka was on March 8, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Vicariate Apostolic Lesser Sunda Islands as Vicariate Apostolic Larantuka . The Larantuka Apostolic Vicariate 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 Ende as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Larantuka
- Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek SVD , 1951–1961, then Archbishop von Ende
Bishops of Larantuka
- Antoine Hubert Thijssen SVD, 1961–1973
- Darius Nggawa SVD, 1974-2004
- Franciscus Kopong Kung , since 2004