Archdiocese of Semarang
Semarangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Semarang, Indonesia
Semarang is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese, not a diocese, covering central and eastern Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. It became an archdiocese on January 3, 1961, with Albertus Soegijapranata as its first archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Semarangen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001003026
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 378,618
- Population
- 20,391,000
- Catholic share
- 1.9%
- Extent
- 21,196 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Robertus Rubiyatmoko
- Born
- 10 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Sleman
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
Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Semarang, 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 Semarang
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MalangMalang
- Diocese of PurwokertoPurwokerto
- Diocese of SurabayaSurabaya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, Indonesia, the Archdiocese of Semarang (Latin: Semarangen(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its archiepiscopal cathedral, Katedral Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Rosario Suci, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, stands in the city of Semarang, Jawa Tengah.
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].