Diocese of Surabaya
Surabayan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Surabaya, Indonesia
The Diocese of Surabaya is a Latin Church diocese covering the northern and western parts of East Java, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Semarang. The apostolic vicariate became a diocese on January 3, 1961, and Bishop Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo has led the see since January 22, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 August 1973
- Latin
- Surabayan(us)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003128
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,457
- Population
- 3,400,000
- Catholic share
- 4.4%
- Priests
- 170
- Catholics per priest
- 885
- Extent
- 24,461 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.2
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
- Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo
- Born
- 12 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Ngawi
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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Surabaya, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Semarang.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MalangMalang
- Diocese of PurwokertoPurwokerto
- Archdiocese of SemarangSemarang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On the island of Java, the Diocese of Surabaya (Indonesian: Keuskupan Surabaya; Latin: Dioecesis Surabayana) is a suffragan Latin see in Indonesia whose parishes lie in the northern and western parts of East Java province. The episcopal see is at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya. Bishop Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo now leads the diocese, succeeding the previous bishop, Mgr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono.
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].