Diocese of Weetebula
Veetebulaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Weetebula, Indonesia
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1969
- Latin
- Veetebulaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000146
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 213,000
- Population
- 948,215
- Catholic share
- 22.5%
- Extent
- 11,641 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Edmund Woga
- Born
- 17 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Hewokloang
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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 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.
The province of Kupang
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kupang.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AtambuaAtambua
- Archdiocese of KupangKupang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].