Diocese of Weetebula
| Diocese of Weetebula | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kupang |
| Diocesan bishop | Edmund Woga CSsR |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 11,052 km² |
| Parishes | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 628,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 136,297 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 21.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 57 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,603 |
| Friars | 73 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 77 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Katedral raw kudu |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Weetebula ( lat. : Dioecesis Veetebulaensis ) is in Indonesia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Weetebula .
history
On October 20, 1959 the Apostolic Prefecture Weetebula by Pope John XXIII. Erected from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh . The Apostolic Prefecture Weetebula was founded on February 6, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese.
The diocese of Weetebula is subordinate to the archdiocese of Kupang as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Weetebula
- Gerard Legeland CSsR , 1960-1969
Bishops of Weetebula
- Girulfus Kherubim Pareira SVD , 1985–2008, then Bishop of Maumere
- Edmund Woga CSsR, since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)