Diocese of Padang
Padangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Padang, Indonesia
The Diocese of Padang is a Latin Rite diocese covering West Sumatra and Riau, Indonesia, founded as an apostolic prefecture in 1952 and raised to a diocese in 1961. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Medan and led by Bishop Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Padangen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002507
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 73,000
- Population
- 9,153,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 1,197
- Extent
- 132,959 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Vitus Rubianto Solichin
- Born
- 15 November 1968
- Birthplace
- Semarang
- Institute
- PIA SOCIETÀ DI SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE (SAVERIANI)
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. Therese stands in Padang, 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 Medan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Medan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MedanMedan
- Diocese of SibolgaSibolga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Medan in Indonesia, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Padangen(sis)) has its seat in the city of Padang.
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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.