Archdiocese of Ende
Endehen(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ende, Indonesia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 May 1974
- Latin
- Endehen(us)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001001364
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 416,000
- Population
- 454,000
- Catholic share
- 91.6%
- Extent
- 5,084 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
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
- Archbishop
- Paulus Budi Kleden
- Born
- 16 November 1965
- Birthplace
- Waibalun
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL VERBO DIVINO (VERBITI)
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
Christ the King Cathedral, Ende stands in Ende, 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 Ende
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DenpasarDenpasar
- Diocese of Labuan BajoLabuan Bajo
- Diocese of LarantukaLarantuka
- Diocese of MaumereMaumere
- Diocese of RutengRuteng
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].