Diocese of Agats
Agatsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Agats, Indonesia
The Diocese of Agats is a Latin Church diocese in the Papua region of Indonesia, established in 1969. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Merauke.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 May 1969
- Latin
- Agatsen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Cross
- Annuario code
- 001000608
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 55,319
- Population
- 98,732
- Catholic share
- 56.0%
- Extent
- 37,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Aloysius Murwito
- Born
- 20 December 1950
- Birthplace
- Sleman-Yogyakarta
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Cross stands in Agats, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Merauke
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Merauke.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JayapuraJayapura
- Diocese of Manokwari–SorongManokwari–Sorong
- Archdiocese of MeraukeMerauke
- Diocese of TimikaTimika
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the town of Agats, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Agatsen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Merauke in Indonesia.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].