Diocese of Amboina
Amboinaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Amboina, Indonesia
The Diocese of Amboina is a Latin Church diocese covering the Maluku islands of Indonesia, re-established as an apostolic prefecture in 1902 and later raised to a diocese. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Makassar with its seat in Ambon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Amboinaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000674
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 127,609
- Population
- 2,311,000
- Catholic share
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 127
- Catholics per priest
- 1,005
- Extent
- 83,777 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
- Seno Inno Ngutra
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
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Amboina, 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 Makassar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Makassar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MakassarMakassar
- Diocese of ManadoManado
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Amboina gives its name to this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Amboinaën(sis)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Makassar 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].