Diocese of Maumere
Maumeren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Maumere, Indonesia
The Diocese of Maumere is a Latin Rite diocese on Flores in the Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, erected in 2005 from the Archdiocese of Ende. It is suffragan to Ende and led by Bishop Ewaldus Martinus Sedu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 December 2005
- Latin
- Maumeren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002190
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 274,273
- Population
- 300,328
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.3%
- Priests
- 240
- Catholics per priest
- 1,143
- Extent
- 1,732 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 158
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
- Ewaldus Martinus Sedu
- Born
- 30 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Bajawa
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 St. Joseph stands in Maumere, 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 Labuan BajoLabuan Bajo
- Diocese of LarantukaLarantuka
- Diocese of RutengRuteng
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
On December 14, 2005, the Diocese of Maumere (Dioecesis Maumerensis) was carved out of the Archdiocese of Ende, which remains its metropolitan. Vincentius Sensi became its first bishop, and the St Joseph church in Maumere serves as the cathedral. The diocese covers 1,732 km2, matching the civil district Sikka on the eastern part of the island of Flores, Indonesia. As of 2005, 259,598 of the area's 270,000 people belonged to the Catholic Church, spread across 35 parishes.
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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.