Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta

Archdiocese of Jakarta

*Archidioecesis Giakartana*

Keuskupan Agung Jakarta
Archdiocese of Jakarta; Archidioecesis Giakartana; Keuskupan Agung Jakarta
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Indonesia
Territory	Jakarta
Metropolitan	Jakarta
Deaneries	9
Statistics
Area	10,775 km2 (4,160 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2016); 19,090,000; 499,485 (2.6%)
Parishes	67
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1807; (As Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia); 1842; (As Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia); 1961; (As Archdiocese of Jakarta)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption in Jakarta
Secular priests	75
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo
Suffragans	Bandung; Bogor
Vicar General	Samuel Pangestu
Bishops emeritus	Julius Darmaatmadja Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (1996-2010)
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese

Jakarta Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (Latin: Giakartana) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the St Mary Assumption Parish, in the national capital Jakarta.

History[]

Established on 8 May 1807 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean
3 April 1841: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia, hence entitled to a titular bishop
It lost vast territories frequently to various split-off missions: on 1855 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, on 22 December 1902 to establish , on 11 February 1905 to establish , 30 June 1911 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra, 16 June 1913 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands, 19 November 1919 to establish (now Sulawesi), 27 April 1927 to establish , 15 February 1928 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, 20 April 1932 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, 25 April 1932 to establish , 25 June 1940 to establish and 9 December 1948 to establish
On 7 February 1950 it was renamed after its see as the Apostolic Vicariate of Djakarta
3 January 1961: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta, finally ceasing to be exempt (directly dependent on the Holy See)
It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope Paul VI in February 1970.
22 August 1973: renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta
It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in October 1989.

Johannes Scholten (1831-1842)
Jacobus Grooff (1842-1852)
Petrus Maria Vrancken (1852-1874)
Adam Carel Claessens (1874-1893)
Walterus Staal, S.J. (1893-1897)
Edmondo Luypen, S.J. (1898-1923)
Antonio Pietro Francesco van Velsen, S.J. (1924-1933)
Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. (1934-1950)

Its Ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and these Suffragan daughter dioceses, both also on Java island: