Military Ordinariate of Indonesia
Military ordinariate · Latin Church · Indonesia
Latin-rite military ordinariate providing pastoral care to Catholics in the Indonesian National Armed Forces and National Police, established as a military vicariate on 25 December 1949 and elevated to military ordinariate on 21 July 1986. It is immediately subject to the Holy See; its principal church is Jakarta Cathedral. The ordinary since 2 January 2006 is Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta; its patron is St. John of Capistrano.
The see
- Rank
- Military ordinariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 December 1949
- Patron
- St. John of Capistrano
- Annuario code
- 001000358
The see in figures
- Priests
- 4
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
- Archbishop
- Ignatius Suharyo
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
Jakarta Cathedral stands in Indonesia, 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.
History
Catholics serving in the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the Indonesian National Police, along with their families, receive pastoral care from the Military Ordinariate of Indonesia, a military ordinariate of the Catholic Church that is immediately subject to the Holy See.
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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.