Diocese of Ketapang
Ketapangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ketapang, Indonesia
Latin rite diocese in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1954 and promoted to a diocese in 1961, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pontianak. Its cathedral is St. Gemma Galgani Cathedral in Ketapang and the current ordinary is Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi, in office since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Ketapangen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Gemma Galgani
- Annuario code
- 001001839
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 136,800
- Population
- 616,800
- Catholic share
- 22.2%
- Extent
- 35,809 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Bishop
- Pius Riana Prapdi
- Born
- 5 May 1967
- Birthplace
- Painiai
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
St. Gemma Galgani Cathedral, Ketapang stands in Ketapang, 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 Pontianak
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pontianak.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of PontianakPontianak
- Diocese of SanggauSanggau
- Diocese of SintangSintang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the district of Ketapang, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ketapangen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Pontianak in Indonesia.
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].