Suffragan diocese Jayapura, Indonesia
Diocese of Jayapura
Iayapuraën(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Papua, Indonesia, established in 1949 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia and raised to a diocese in 1966, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Merauke. The current ordinary, Bishop Yanuarius Theofilus Matopai You, was appointed in 2022 and is the first priest from West Papua to become a bishop in Indonesia.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1949
- Catholics
- 65,180
- Priests
- 75
- Territory
- 115,349 km²
Parishes and churches
28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kristus RajaJayapura · CathedralView parish
- Bintang TimurAbmisibilView parish
- Bunda MariaOksibilView parish
- Gembala BaikJayapuraView parish
- Kristus BangkitIwurView parish
- Kristus Gembala KitaPugimaView parish
- Kristus JayaWamenaView parish
- Kristus Juru SelamatJayapuraView parish
- Kristus PenebusHepubaView parish
- Kristus Terang DuniaYiwikaView parish
- Kristus Terang DuniaJayapuraView parish
- Roh KudusMabilabolView parish
- Sang PenaburSkantoView parish
- Sang PenebusSentaniView parish
- Santa ClaraTajah LerehView parish
- Santa Maria Bunda AllahYurufView parish
- Santo AntoniusSarmiView parish
- Santo BonifasiusUbrubView parish
- Santo EmanuelElagaimaView parish
- Santo Fransiskus AsisiMusatfakView parish
- Santo Fransiskus AssisiJayapuraView parish
- Santo MikaelWarisView parish
- Santo PaulusWelesiView parish
- Santo PetrusOklipView parish
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusJayapuraView parish
- Santo StefanusKimbimView parish
- Santo WillibrordusAmpasView parish
- Seminari Tinggi Interdiosesan Yerusalem BaruJayapuraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You
- Born
- 1 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Uwebutu
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King, Jayapura stands in Jayapura, 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 Jayapura is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Iayapuraen(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Merauke in Indonesia.