Diocese of Agats
Agatsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Agats, Indonesia
The Diocese of Agats is a Latin Church diocese in the Papua region of Indonesia, established in 1969. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Merauke.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 May 1969
- Latin
- Agatsen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Cross
- Annuario code
- 001000608
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 55,319
- Population
- 98,732
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 56.0%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 1,908
- Extent
- 37,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Aloysius Murwito
- Born
- 20 December 1950
- Birthplace
- Sleman-Yogyakarta
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Cross stands in Agats, 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 JayapuraJayapura
- Diocese of Manokwari–SorongManokwari–Sorong
- Archdiocese of MeraukeMerauke
- Diocese of TimikaTimika
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the town of Agats, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Agatsen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Merauke in Indonesia.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.