Diocese of Timika
| Diocese of Timika | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Merauke |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 2003 |
| surface | 81,810 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,076,150 ( 12/31/2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 115,870 ( 12/31/2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 10.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,633 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 31 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 54 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Katedral Tiga Raja (Three Kings Cathedral) |
The Diocese of Timika ( lat. : Dioecesis Timikaënsis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Timika .
history
The Diocese of Timika was established on December 19, 2003 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Supernum evangelizationis from cession of territory by the Diocese of Jayapura and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Merauke as a suffragan diocese. The first bishop was John Philip Saklil .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Supernum evangelizationis , AAS 96 (2004), n.6, p. 325f.