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Metropolitan see Ende, Indonesia

Archdiocese of Ende

Endehen(us)

Latin Church

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese on Flores, Indonesia, founded in 1913 as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Lesser Sunda Islands and elevated to an archdiocese in 1961. Its suffragans include Denpasar, Labuan Bajo, Larantuka, Maumere and Ruteng, and the current archbishop is Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., installed in 2024.

On the map

Esri
Ende, Indonesia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1913
Catholics
416,000
Priests
261
Territory
5,084 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Paulus Budi Kleden
Born
16 November 1965
Birthplace
Waibalun
Institute
SOCIETÀ DEL VERBO DIVINO (VERBITI)

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The cathedral

Christ the King Cathedral, Ende stands in Ende, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Endehena) is a Latin metropolitan see. The Christ the King Cathedral in the city of Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur, serves as its cathedral.

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