Archdiocese of Samarinda
Samarindaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Samarinda, Indonesia
Samarinda is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese, not a diocese, covering eastern Kalimantan with suffragans Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, and Tanjung Selor. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1955, promoted to a diocese in 1961, and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on January 29, 2003.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 January 2003
- Latin
- Samarindaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Mary
- Annuario code
- 001002859
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,171
- Population
- 2,567,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.8%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 1,518
- Extent
- 114,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Archbishop
- Yustinus Hardjosusanto
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. Mary stands in Samarinda, 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 Samarinda
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BanjarmasinBanjarmasin
- Diocese of PalangkarayaPalangkaraya
- Diocese of Tanjung SelorTanjung Selor
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the Indonesian city of Samarinda, this Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Samarindaën(sis)) counts, besides its cathedral of St. Mary's in Samarinda, two further parishes serving the faithful: St. Luke's in Temindung (Paroki Santo Lukas Temindung) and the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Seberang (Paroki Hati Kudus Yesus).
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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.