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Diocese of Purwokerto

Purvokerten(sis)

The Diocese of Purwokerto is a Latin Church diocese on the western side of Central Java, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Semarang. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1932 and promoted to a diocese on January 3, 1961.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
3 January 1961
Latin
Purvokerten(sis)
Annuario code
001002689

The see in figures

Catholics
73,728
Population
18,430,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.4%
Priests
84
Catholics per priest
878
Extent
15,336 km²
Catholics per km²
4.8

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
Christophorus Tri Harsono
Born
18 January 1966
Birthplace
Bogor

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

Christ the King Cathedral stands in Purwokerto, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

From its seat in the city of Purwokerto, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Purvokerten(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Semarang, Indonesia, administers parishes across the western side of Central Java province, reaching Batang, Wonosobo and Purworejo regencies at its eastern borders.

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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.