Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung

Diocese of Bandung Dioecesis Bandungensis Keuskupan Bandung
Cathedral of St Peter in Bandung
Location
Country	Indonesia
Ecclesiastical province	Jakarta
Metropolitan	Jakarta
Statistics
Area	24,449 km2 (9,440 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 27,018,000 87,247 (0.3%)
Parishes	23
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Peter in Bandung
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung (Latin: Bandungen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bandung in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Jakarta on Java, in Indonesia.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedral Santo Petrus (St. Peter's cathedral), in Bandung, Jawa Barat, on Jawa (Java).

History[]

• 20 April 1932: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (on Java, then Dutch East Indies)
• 16 October 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bandung
• 3 January 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Bandung

Ordinaries[]

(all Roman rite)

Apostolic Prefect of Bandung

• Fr. Giacomo Umberto Goumans, Crosier Canons O.S.Cr. (May 27, 1932 – October 16, 1941 see below)

Apostolic Vicars of Bandung

• , O.S.Cr. (see above October 16, 1941 – 1951), Titular Bishop of Lauzadus (1941.10.16 – 1953.10.06)
• Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.Cr. (January 10, 1952 – January 3, 1961 see below), Titular Bishop of Stectorium (1952.01.10 – 1961.01.03)

Suffragan Bishops of Bandung

• , O.S.Cr. (see above January 3, 1961 – April 25, 1984)
• (July 2, 1984 – January 19, 2006)
• Johannes Pujasumarta (Johannes Maria Trilaksyanta Pujasumarta) (May 17, 2008 – November 12, 2010), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) (2010.11.12 – 2015.11.10)
• Apostolic administrator Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (November 12, 2010 – June 3, 2014), while Metropolitan Archbishop of Jakarta (Indonesia) (2010.06.28 – ...)
• Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.Cr. (June 3, 2014 – )

Parishes[]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung has 14 parochial churches. Nine of them are located inside the city. The other five are located outside Bandung.

In Bandung city

• St. Peter's Cathedral
• Church of St. Mary the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows (commonly referred to as "Pandu" Parochial Church, being located at Pandu street)
• St. Michael's(commonly referred to as "Waringin" Parochial Church, being located at Waringin street)
• St. Lawrence's(commonly referred to as "Sukajadi" Parochial Church, being located at Sukajadi street)
• St. Gabriel's (also called "Gandarusa", Indonesian word for willow tree, taken from Isiah 44:4, used to be a chapel in St. Michael's parish.
• Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (commonly referred to "Buah Batu" Parochial Church, located at Buah Batu Street.
• St. Martin's
• St. Paul's
• St. Melany's

Outside of Bandung City

• St. Michael's (commonly referred to as "Indramayu" Parochial Church, being located at Karawang town)
• Holy Cross Church (commonly referred to as "Purwakarta" Parochial Church, being located at Purwakarta town)
• Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (commonly referred to as "Tasikmalaya" Parochial Church, being located at Tasikmalaya town)
• Church of Our Lady of Fatima (commonly referred to as "Lembang" Parochial Church, being located at Lembang town)
• Church of St. Francis Xavier (Dayeuhkolot Quasi-parish Church)

Sources and external links[]

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Bandung Diocese website

Coordinates: 6°55′00″S 107°36′00″E / 6.9167°S 107.6000°E / -6.9167; 107.6000

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