Diocese of Padang
| Diocese of Padang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Medan |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 140,990 km² |
| Parishes | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 8,575,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 89,784 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1 % |
| Diocesan priest | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.952 |
| Friars | 21 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 57 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Gereja Katedral St. Theresia |
The Diocese of Padang ( lat. : Dioecesis Padangensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Padang .
history
The diocese Padang was on June 19, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Palembang as the Apostolic Prefecture of Padang . The Padang Apostolic Prefecture 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 Medan as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Padang
- Pascal de Martino SX , 1952-1961
Bishops of Padang
- Raimondo Cesare Bergamin SX, 1961-1983
-
Martinus Dogma Situmorang OFMCap , 1983-2019
- Sedis vacancy since November 19, 2019