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Metropolitan see Semarang, Indonesia

Archdiocese of Semarang

Semarangen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Holy Rosary Cathedral, in Semarang, Indonesia.

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Established
1961
Catholics
378,618
Priests
705
Territory
21,196 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Robertus Rubiyatmoko
Born
10 October 1963
Birthplace
Sleman

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The cathedral

Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Semarang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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