Suffragan diocese Weetebula, Indonesia
Diocese of Weetebula
Veetebulaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Weetebula is a Latin Catholic see covering Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1959 and promoted to a diocese in 1969. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kupang and has been led by Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R., since 2009.
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- Established
- 1969
- Catholics
- 213,000
- Priests
- 121
- Territory
- 11,641 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Roh KudusWeetebula · CathedralView parish
- Hati Kudus YesusWeekombakaView parish
- Kristus RajaWaikambalaView parish
- Maria Bunda Selalu MenolongKambajawaView parish
- Sang PenebusWaingapuView parish
- Sang SabdaLewaView parish
- Santa ElisabethBondo KodiView parish
- Santa Maria AssumptaGollu SapiView parish
- Santa Maria MagdalenaNggongiView parish
- Santo AgustinusTana MalliView parish
- Santo AgustinusWano KasaView parish
- Santo AlfonsusKererobboView parish
- Santo AndreasNgalluView parish
- Santo Arnoldus JansenTambolakaView parish
- Santo Gerardus MayellaKalembu WeriView parish
- Santo HendrikusMeloloView parish
- Santo Klemens Maria HofbauerKaruniView parish
- Santo MatiusPallaView parish
- Santo MikaelElopadaView parish
- Santo PaulusAnde AteView parish
- Santo Petrus dan PaulusWaikabubakView parish
- Santo YosefWaimaramaView parish
- Santo YosefLendi WacuView parish
- Santo Yosef PekerjaMangganipiView parish
- Seminari Menengah Sinar BuanaWee LondaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edmund Woga
- Born
- 17 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Hewokloang
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (Katedral Roh Kudus), Weetebula stands in Weetebula, 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.
History
A suffragan Latin see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kupang in Indonesia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Weetebula (Latin: Veetebulaen(sis)) carries pastoral responsibility for the whole of Sumba Island. Its cathedral, Katedral Roh Kudus, stands in the town of Waitabula in the island's northwest, in Nusa Tenggara Timur.