Diocese of Palangkaraya

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Diocese of Palangkaraya
Basic data
Country Indonesia
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Samarinda
Diocesan bishop Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka MSF
founding 1993
surface 153,564 km²
Parishes 23 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 2,675,476 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 80,453 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 3%
Diocesan priest 16 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 40 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,437
Friars 53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 131 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Indonesian
cathedral Cathedral of Santa Maria
Website http://kepraya.org

The Diocese of Palangkaraya ( Latin Dioecesis Palangkaraiensis , Indonesian Keuskupan Palangkaraya ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Palangkaraya .

history

The diocese of Palangkaraya was established on April 5, 1993 by Pope John Paul II from cession of the diocese of Banjarmasin and the Archdiocese of Pontianak as a suffragan . On January 29, 2003, the Diocese of Palangkaraya was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Samarinda as a suffragan.

Bishops of Palangkaraya

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