The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Dioecesis Surabayana) is a suffragan Latin diocese, located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.
Diocese of Surabaya Dioecesis Surabayana Keuskupan Surabaya | |
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| Bishopric | |
 Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Metropolitan | Semarang |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,461 km2 (9,444 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,400,000 150,457 (4.4%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Surabaya |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo[1][2] |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Robertus Rubiyatmoko |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Its episcopal see is at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya.
The diocese is headed by bishop-elect Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo,[1][2] who the bishop, Mgr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono, preceded.
History
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- Established on February 15, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta)
- October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia, still a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction but entitled to a titular bishop.
- Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
- August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya
Ordinaries
edit- Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya
- Teofilo Emilio de Backere, (C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937)
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16)
- Apostolic Vicars of Surabaya
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1941.10.16 – death 1952.05.08), Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)
- Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03)
- Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya
- Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. (see above January 3, 1961 – 1982), Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1961.01.03 – 1982)
- Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono (April 2, 1982 – March 26, 1994)
- Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta (March 26, 1994 – death December 13, 2003)
- Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono (April 3, 2007 – death August 10, 2023)
- Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo[1][2] (October 29, 2024 - present)
Sources and External Links
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