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Diocese of Labuan Bajo

Labuanbaien(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.