Diocese of Atambua
Atambuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Atambua, Indonesia
The Diocese of Atambua is a Latin Church diocese on the island of Timor in Indonesia, raised to a diocese in 1961 from the earlier Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kupang.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Atambuen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Immaculate
- Annuario code
- 001000747
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 553,712
- Population
- 561,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 207
- Catholics per priest
- 2,675
- Extent
- 5,177 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 107
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
- Dominikus Saku
- Born
- 3 April 1960
- Birthplace
- Taikas
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 Immaculate Conception stands in Atambua, 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:
- Archdiocese of KupangKupang
- Diocese of WeetebulaWeetebula
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin suffragan see of the Metropolitan of Kupang in Indonesia, the Diocese of Atambua (Latin: Atambuen(sis)) remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its episcopal cathedral, Katedral Santa Maria Imakulata, dedicated to Mary Immaculate, stands in the town of Atambua.
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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.