Diocese of Padang
Padangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Padang, Indonesia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Padangen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002507
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 73,000
- Population
- 9,153,000
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Extent
- 132,959 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Bishop
- Vitus Rubianto Solichin
- Born
- 15 November 1968
- Birthplace
- Semarang
- Institute
- PIA SOCIETÀ DI SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE (SAVERIANI)
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. 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.
The province of Medan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MedanMedan
- Diocese of SibolgaSibolga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].