Diocese of Amboina
Amboinaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Amboina, Indonesia
The Diocese of Amboina is a Latin Church diocese covering the Maluku islands of Indonesia, re-established as an apostolic prefecture in 1902 and later raised to a diocese. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Makassar with its seat in Ambon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Amboinaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001000674
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 127,609
- Population
- 2,311,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 127
- Catholics per priest
- 1,005
- Extent
- 83,777 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
- Seno Inno Ngutra
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
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Amboina, 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 Makassar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Makassar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MakassarMakassar
- Diocese of ManadoManado
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Amboina gives its name to this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Amboinaën(sis)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Makassar in Indonesia.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.