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Suffragan diocese Padang, Indonesia

Diocese of Padang

Padangen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Padang is a Latin Rite diocese covering West Sumatra and Riau, Indonesia, founded as an apostolic prefecture in 1952 and raised to a diocese in 1961. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Medan and led by Bishop Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Therese, in Padang, Indonesia.

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Established
1952
Catholics
73,000
Priests
61
Territory
132,959 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Vitus Rubianto Solichin
Born
15 November 1968
Birthplace
Semarang
Institute
PIA SOCIETÀ DI SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE (SAVERIANI)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Therese stands in Padang, 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

Part of the ecclesiastical province of Medan in Indonesia, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Padangen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Padang.