Sintang diocese
Sintang diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Indonesia |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pontianak |
Diocesan bishop | Samuel Oton Sidin OFMCap |
founding | 1948 |
surface | 62,103 km² |
Parishes | 36 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Residents | 960.109 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics | 249,118 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
proportion of | 25.9% |
Diocesan priest | 41 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious priest | 27 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,664 |
Friars | 35 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 73 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Indonesian |
Website | http://keuskupansintang.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sintang ( lat. : Dioecesis Sintangensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Sintang , West Borneo .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Sintang on March 11, 1948 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Pontianak . With the Apostolic Constitution Cum ingenti she was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate on April 23, 1956 .
On January 3, 1961, she was raised to the rank of diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pontianak as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sanggau
- Lambertus van Kessel SMM (June 4, 1948– April 23, 1956)
Apostolic Vicar of Sanggau
- Lambertus van Kessel SMM (April 23, 1956– January 3, 1961)
Bishops of Sanggau
- Lambertus van Kessel SMM (January 3, 1961– May 25, 1973)
- Isak Doera (December 9, 1976– January 1, 1996)
- Agustinus Agus (October 29, 1999– June 3, 2014, then Archbishop of Pontianak)
- Samuel Oton Sidin OFMCap (since December 21, 2016)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1950 | 3,396 | 202,444 | 1.7 | 14th | 14th | 242 | 30th | 8th | |||
1969 | 12,925 | 265,000 | 4.9 | 23 | 3 | 20th | 561 | 25th | 36 | 7th | |
1980 | 31,508 | 369,000 | 8.5 | 33 | 3 | 30th | 954 | 33 | 34 | ||
1988 | 84,838 | 499,401 | 17.0 | 37 | 7th | 30th | 2,292 | 34 | 35 | ||
2000 | 124,830 | 621.932 | 20.1 | 49 | 22nd | 27 | 2,547 | 32 | 82 | 36 | |
2004 | 153,723 | 676.082 | 22.7 | 56 | 29 | 27 | 2,745 | 63 | 60 | 36 | |
2014 | 249.1180 | 960.109 | 25.9 | 68 | 41 | 27 | 3,663 | 35 | 73 | 36 |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Sintang on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the diocese of Sintang on gcatholic.org (English)