Diocese of Timika
Timikaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Timika, Indonesia
The Diocese of Timika is a Latin Catholic see in Central Papua, Indonesia, erected in 2003 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Merauke. After a multi-year vacancy, Bishop Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, O.S.A., the second native Papuan bishop, was appointed in March 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 2003
- Latin
- Timikaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003226
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 90,144
- Population
- 537,000
- Catholic share
- 16.8%
- Extent
- 81,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Bernardus Bofitwos Baru
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
Three Kings Cathedral, Timika stands in Timika, 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 Merauke
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Merauke.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AgatsAgats
- Diocese of JayapuraJayapura
- Diocese of Manokwari–SorongManokwari–Sorong
- Archdiocese of MeraukeMerauke
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Under the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical province of Merauke, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timika (Latin: Timikaën(sis)) covers Central Papua, Indonesia. Its territory takes in every regency of Central Papua together with the regencies of Biak Numfor, Waropen, Yapen Islands, and Supiori in the Province of Papua. Six deaneries organize the diocese: Mimika Agimuga, Moni Puncak Jaya, Paniai, Kamuu Mapia, Teluk Cendrawasih, and Tigi. The cathedral stands in Timika, capital of Mimika regency.
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].