Diocese of Sintang
Sintangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sintang, Indonesia
The Diocese of Sintang is a Latin Church diocese in West Kalimantan, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pontianak. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1948 and promoted to a diocese on January 3, 1961, it is led by Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, who also serves as apostolic administrator of Pontianak.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Sintangen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001003068
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 267,250
- Population
- 910,223
- Catholic share
- 29.4%
- Extent
- 62,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Samuel Oton Sidin
- Born
- 12 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Pontianak
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Sintang, 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 Pontianak
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pontianak.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KetapangKetapang
- Archdiocese of PontianakPontianak
- Diocese of SanggauSanggau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Sintang, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sintangen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Pontianak in Indonesia.
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].