Diocese of Purwokerto
Purvokerten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Purwokerto, Indonesia
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:
- Diocese of MalangMalang
- Archdiocese of SemarangSemarang
- Diocese of SurabayaSurabaya
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.