Archdiocese of Merauke
Merauken(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Merauke, Indonesia
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Merauke is a Latin Rite see in Papua, Indonesia, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1950 and elevated to archdiocese in 1966. It is led by Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., with suffragan dioceses Agats, Jayapura, Manokwari-Sorong and Timika.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Merauken(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001002225
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 140,220
- Population
- 244,440
- Catholic share
- 57.4%
- Extent
- 90,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
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
- Petrus Canisius Mandagi
- Born
- 27 April 1949
- Birthplace
- Kamangta
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ
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 St. Francis Xavier stands in Merauke, 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 Merauke
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AgatsAgats
- Diocese of JayapuraJayapura
- Diocese of Manokwari–SorongManokwari–Sorong
- Diocese of TimikaTimika
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Keuskupan Agung, Jl. Raya Mandala 30, Merauke 99602, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
- Telephone
- [0971]321.011; fax 324.215
- [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].