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Suffragan diocese Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

Diocese of Labuan Bajo

Labuanbaien(sis)

Latin Church

Latin rite diocese in West Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia, erected on June 21, 2024 from territory of the Diocese of Ruteng and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ende. Its first bishop, Maksimus Regus, was ordained on November 1, 2024.

On the map

Esri
Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2024
Catholics
220,487
Priests
90
Territory
3 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Max Regus

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Labuan Bajo stands in Labuan Bajo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Established on 21 June 2024 by separation from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng, the Diocese of Labuan Bajo (Latin: Dioecesis Labuanbaiensis) is a Latin Church diocese in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Its episcopal cathedral is the Cathedral of The Holy Spirit in Labuan Bajo.

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