Suffragan diocese Maumere, Indonesia
Diocese of Maumere
Maumeren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Maumere is a Latin Rite diocese on Flores in the Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, erected in 2005 from the Archdiocese of Ende. It is suffragan to Ende and led by Bishop Ewaldus Martinus Sedu.
On the map
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- Established
- 2005
- Catholics
- 274,273
- Priests
- 240
- Territory
- 1,732 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santo MikhaelNiloView parish
- Santo PetrusKloangpopotView parish
- Santo PetrusNitaView parish
- Santo Thomas MorusMaumereView parish
- Santo Vincentius a PauloFeondariView parish
- Santo Yohanes Maria VianeyLelaView parish
- Santo Yohanes Paulus IINitaView parish
- Santo Yohanes PembabtisBoganatarView parish
- Santo Yosef FreinademetzBolawolonView parish
- Santo Yosef PekerjaWaiotiView parish
- Spiritu SantoMbenguView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ewaldus Martinus Sedu
- Born
- 30 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Bajawa
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph stands in Maumere, 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.
History
On December 14, 2005, the Diocese of Maumere (Dioecesis Maumerensis) was carved out of the Archdiocese of Ende, which remains its metropolitan. Vincentius Sensi became its first bishop, and the St Joseph church in Maumere serves as the cathedral. The diocese covers 1,732 km2, matching the civil district Sikka on the eastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. As of 2005, 259,598 of the area's 270,000 people belonged to the Catholic Church, spread across 35 parishes.