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Suffragan diocese Ketapang, Indonesia

Diocese of Ketapang

Ketapangen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Gemma Galgani Cathedral, Ketapang, in Ketapang, Indonesia.

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Established
1954
Catholics
136,800
Priests
47
Territory
35,809 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Pius Riana Prapdi
Born
5 May 1967
Birthplace
Painiai

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The cathedral

St. Gemma Galgani Cathedral, Ketapang stands in Ketapang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Seated in the district of Ketapang, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Ketapangen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Pontianak in Indonesia.