Archdiocese of Samarinda
| Archdiocese of Samarinda | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Indonesia |
| Diocesan bishop | Justinus Harjosusanto MSF |
| founding | 1955 |
| surface | 104,886 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 3,014,261 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 116,559 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 3.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,428 |
| Friars | 33 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 79 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Indonesian |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Santa Maria |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric Banjarmasin Bishopric Palangkaraya Bishopric Tanjung Selor |
The Archdiocese of Samarinda ( Latin Archidioecesis Samarindaensis , Indonesian Keuskupan Agung Samarinda ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Samarinda in Indonesia .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate on February 21, 1955 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Banjarmasin . On January 3, 1961, it was raised to the rank of diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pontianak as a suffragan diocese.
It lost part of its territory on January 9, 2002 in favor of the establishment of the Tanjung Selor diocese . On January 29, 2003, it was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese.
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda
- Jacques Henri Romeijn MSF (July 10, 1955 - January 3, 1961)
Bishops of Samarinda
- Jacques Henri Romeijn MSF (January 3, 1961 - February 11, 1975, resigned)
- Michael Cornelis C. Coomans MSF (November 30, 1987 - May 6, 1992, died)
- Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau MSF (April 5, 1993 - January 29, 2003)
Archbishop of Samarinda
- Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau MSF (January 29, 2003 - July 18, 2013)
- Justinus Harjosusanto MSF (since February 16, 2015)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1969 | 14,500 | 900,000 | 1.6 | 18th | 1 | 17th | 805 | 19th | 23 | 8th | |
| 1980 | 38,170 | 1,065,000 | 3.6 | 25th | 2 | 23 | 1,526 | 31 | 21st | 14th | |
| 1990 | 64,653 | 1,662,478 | 3.9 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 1,901 | 33 | 38 | 23 | |
| 1999 | 125.272 | 2,294,841 | 5.5 | 13 | 13 | 9,636 | 3 | 69 | 35 | ||
| 2000 | 134.937 | 2,294,851 | 5.9 | 51 | 15th | 36 | 2,645 | 50 | 72 | 37 | |
| 2001 | 158.053 | 2,637,755 | 6.0 | 50 | 15th | 35 | 3,161 | 49 | 73 | 39 | |
| 2002 | 99,888 | 1,538,601 | 6.5 | 31 | 19th | 12 | 3,222 | 26th | 55 | 15th | |
| 2003 | 162,257 | 1,483,711 | 10.9 | 34 | 13 | 21st | 4,772 | 25th | 73 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 122,428 | 2,374,744 | 5.2 | 35 | 14th | 21st | 3,497 | 25th | 70 | 23 | |
| 2010 | 97.171 | 2,567,000 | 3.8 | 41 | 15th | 26th | 2,370 | 29 | 66 | 25th | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Samarinda on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Samarinda on gcatholic.org (English)