Suffragan diocese Amboina, Indonesia
Diocese of Amboina
Amboinaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1902
- Catholics
- 127,609
- Priests
- 127
- Territory
- 83,777 km²
Parishes and churches
42 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusHollatView parish
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusLorulunView parish
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusNamarView parish
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusRumaatView parish
- Santo Pius XLaratView parish
- Santo WillibrodusTernateView parish
- Santo YakobusAhuruView parish
- Santo Yohanes Maria VianneyTantui-HalongView parish
- Santo Yohanes Maria VianneyBula-WahaiView parish
- Santo Yohanes PenginjilMasohi, Seram, Maluku TengahView parish
- Santo YosafatBerdafan, Aru UtaraView parish
- Santo YosepOhoijangView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Seno Inno Ngutra
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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.
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.