Diocese of Ruteng
Rutengen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ruteng, Indonesia
The Diocese of Ruteng is a Latin Church diocese on the island of Flores, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ende, and one of the most heavily Catholic dioceses in Indonesia. It was established as an apostolic vicariate in 1951 and promoted to a diocese on January 3, 1961.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Rutengen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002787
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 800,000
- Population
- 717,000
- Priests
- 219
- Catholics per priest
- 3,653
- Extent
- 7,136 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 112
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
- Siprianus Hormat
- Born
- 16 July 1965
- Birthplace
- Cibal
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 and the Assumption of Mary stands in Ruteng, 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 MaumereMaumere
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Ruteng, within the ecclesiastical province of Ende in Indonesia, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Rutengen(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.