Archdiocese of Kupang
Kupangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kupang, Indonesia
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia, erected as a diocese in 1967 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1989, with the dioceses of Atambua and Weetebula as suffragans. The current archbishop is Hironimus Pakaenoni, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 October 1989
- Latin
- Kupangen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001001920
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,123
- Population
- 1,189,829
- Catholic share
- 10.5%
- Extent
- 11,285 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Hironimus Pakaenoni
- Born
- 14 April 1969
- Birthplace
- Noemuti
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
Cathedral of Christ the King, Kupang stands in Kupang, 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 Kupang
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AtambuaAtambua
- Diocese of WeetebulaWeetebula
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Kupang, in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, sits this Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Kupang (Latin: Kupangensis).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Keuskupan Agung, Jl. Thamrin, Oepoi, Kupang 85111, Timor, Indonesia
- Telephone
- [0380]826.199; Tel. e fax 833.331
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].