Diocese of Malang
Malangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Malang, Indonesia
The Diocese of Malang is a Latin Rite diocese in East Java, Indonesia, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1927 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Semarang. It is led by Bishop Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O.Carm.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Malangen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001002119
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 88,255
- Population
- 14,829,884
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.6%
- Priests
- 167
- Catholics per priest
- 528
- Extent
- 24,409 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
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
- Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan
- Born
- 13 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Malang
- Institute
- CARMELITANI
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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Malang, 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 Semarang
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Semarang.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PurwokertoPurwokerto
- Archdiocese of SemarangSemarang
- Diocese of SurabayaSurabaya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Malang, within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Semarang in Indonesia, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Malangen(sis)).
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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.