Archdiocese of Samarinda
Samarindaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Samarinda, Indonesia
Samarinda is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese, not a diocese, covering eastern Kalimantan with suffragans Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, and Tanjung Selor. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1955, promoted to a diocese in 1961, and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on January 29, 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 2003
- Latin
- Samarindaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002859
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,171
- Population
- 2,567,000
- Catholic share
- 3.8%
- Extent
- 114,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Yustinus Hardjosusanto
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. Mary stands in Samarinda, 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 Samarinda
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BanjarmasinBanjarmasin
- Diocese of PalangkarayaPalangkaraya
- Diocese of Tanjung SelorTanjung Selor
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Indonesian city of Samarinda, this Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Samarindaën(sis)) counts, besides its cathedral of St. Mary's in Samarinda, two further parishes serving the faithful: St. Luke's in Temindung (Paroki Santo Lukas Temindung) and the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Seberang (Paroki Hati Kudus Yesus).
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].