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Suffragan diocese Denpasar, Indonesia

Diocese of Denpasar

Denpasaren(sis)

Latin rite diocese covering Bali and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1950 and promoted to a diocese in 1961, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ende. Its cathedral is the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Denpasar and the current ordinary is Bishop Silvester Tung Kiem San, appointed in 2008.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Holy Spirit Cathedral, Denpasar, in Denpasar, Indonesia.

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Established
1950
Catholics
32,083
Priests
56
Territory
25,786 km²

Parishes and churches

25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Sylvester Tung Kiem San

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The cathedral

Holy Spirit Cathedral, Denpasar stands in Denpasar, 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

Covering the predominantly Hindu province of Bali together with the mostly Muslim province of West Nusa Tenggara, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar (Latin: Denpasaren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ende in Indonesia. Its see is at Denpasar, the capital city of Bali.