Sibolga diocese
| Sibolga diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Medan |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 26,413 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 2,536,217 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 187,185 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 7.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,636 |
| Friars | 84 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 206 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Gereja Katedral St. Theresia Liseux |
| address | Jl. AI Sury Nasution 27 Sibolga 22513, Sumatera Utara Indonesia |
| Website | http://start.keuskupansibolga.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sibolga ( lat. : Dioecesis Sibolgaensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Sibolga .
history
The diocese Sibolga was on November 17, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Medan as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sibolga . The Apostolic Prefecture of Sibolga was raised to a diocese on October 24, 1980 by Pope John Paul II and made a suffragan subordinate to the Archdiocese of Medan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sibolga
- Peter Gratian Grimm OFMCap , 1959–1971
- Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga OFMCap, 1978–1980
Bishops of Sibolga
- Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga OFMCap, 1980-2004, then coadjutor archbishop of Medan
-
Ludovikus Simanullang OFMCap, 2007-2018
- Sedis vacancy since September 20, 2018