Archdiocese of Semarang
Semarangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Semarang, Indonesia
Semarang is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese, not a diocese, covering central and eastern Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta. It became an archdiocese on January 3, 1961, with Albertus Soegijapranata as its first archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Semarangen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001003026
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 378,618
- Population
- 20,391,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.9%
- Priests
- 705
- Catholics per priest
- 537
- Extent
- 21,196 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Robertus Rubiyatmoko
- Born
- 10 October 1963
- Birthplace
- Sleman
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
Holy Rosary Cathedral stands in Semarang, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MalangMalang
- Diocese of PurwokertoPurwokerto
- Diocese of SurabayaSurabaya
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, Indonesia, the Archdiocese of Semarang (Latin: Semarangen(sis)) nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its archiepiscopal cathedral, Katedral Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Rosario Suci, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, stands in the city of Semarang, Jawa Tengah.
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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.