Diocese of Labuan Bajo
Labuanbaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
Latin rite diocese in West Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia, erected on June 21, 2024 from territory of the Diocese of Ruteng and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ende. Its first bishop, Maksimus Regus, was ordained on November 1, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 June 2024
- Latin
- Labuanbaien(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001005123
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 220,487
- Population
- 275,903
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.9%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 2,450
- Extent
- 3 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 73,496
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
- Max Regus
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 Spirit, Labuan Bajo stands in Labuan Bajo, 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 Ende
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ende.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DenpasarDenpasar
- Archdiocese of EndeEnde
- Diocese of LarantukaLarantuka
- Diocese of MaumereMaumere
- Diocese of RutengRuteng
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 21 June 2024 by separation from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng, the Diocese of Labuan Bajo (Latin: Dioecesis Labuanbaiensis) is a Latin Church diocese in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Its episcopal cathedral is the Cathedral of The Holy Spirit in Labuan Bajo.
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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.