Suffragan diocese Manokwari–Sorong, Indonesia
Diocese of Manokwari–Sorong
Manokvarien(sis)-Sorongen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Manokwari-Sorong is a Latin Rite diocese in West Papua, Indonesia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1959, raised to a diocese in 1966 and given its current name in 1974. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Merauke and led by Bishop Datus Hilarion Lega.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 54,567
- Priests
- 45
- Territory
- 111,835 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kristus RajaSorong · CathedralView parish
- Santo AgustinusManokwari · CathedralView parish
- EmausSorongView parish
- ImmanuelSanggengView parish
- Kristus Terang DuniaKelapa DuaView parish
- Salib SuciMerdeyView parish
- Sang Gembala BaikMasniView parish
- Santa BernadetKramongmongaView parish
- Santa MariaFak-fakView parish
- Santa Maria Bintang LautDoomView parish
- Santa MonikaKampung BaruView parish
- Santo Albertus AgungTeminabuanView parish
- Santo Arnoldus JansenSorongView parish
- Santo BenediktusFefView parish
- Santo ChristoforusPrafi SP4View parish
- Santo Fransiskus XaveriusAimasView parish
- Santo MartinusKaimanaView parish
- Santo PaulusFak-fakView parish
- Santo PetrusSorongView parish
- Santo Thomas AquinasAmbanView parish
- Santo YohanesBintuniView parish
- Santo YosefAyawasiView parish
- Santo YosefFak-fakView parish
- Santo YosepSenopiView parish
- Seminari Petrus van DiepenMariat PantaiView parish
- St. Yohanes PemandiSorongView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Datus Hilarion Lega
- Born
- 21 October 1956
- Birthplace
- Kupang
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Manokwari–Sorong, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Augustine.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Spanning the cities of Manokwari and Sorong, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Manokvariensis Sorongen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Merauke in Indonesia.