Archdiocese of Kupang
Kupangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kupang, Indonesia
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia, erected as a diocese in 1967 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1989, with the dioceses of Atambua and Weetebula as suffragans. The current archbishop is Hironimus Pakaenoni, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 October 1989
- Latin
- Kupangen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001001920
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 125,123
- Population
- 1,189,829
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.5%
- Priests
- 152
- Catholics per priest
- 823
- Extent
- 11,285 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Hironimus Pakaenoni
- Born
- 14 April 1969
- Birthplace
- Noemuti
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 Christ the King, Kupang stands in Kupang, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AtambuaAtambua
- Diocese of WeetebulaWeetebula
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Kupang, in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, sits this Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Kupang (Latin: Kupangensis).
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Keuskupan Agung, Jl. Thamrin, Oepoi, Kupang 85111, Timor, Indonesia
- Telephone
- [0380]826.199; fax 833.331
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.