Diocese of Sintang
Sintangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sintang, Indonesia
The Diocese of Sintang is a Latin Church diocese in West Kalimantan, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pontianak. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1948 and promoted to a diocese on January 3, 1961, it is led by Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, who also serves as apostolic administrator of Pontianak.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1961
- Latin
- Sintangen(sis)
- Patron
- Christ the King
- Annuario code
- 001003068
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 267,250
- Population
- 910,223
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.4%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 3,259
- Extent
- 62,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.3
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
- Samuel Oton Sidin
- Born
- 12 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Pontianak
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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 Sintang, 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 Pontianak
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pontianak.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KetapangKetapang
- Archdiocese of PontianakPontianak
- Diocese of SanggauSanggau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Sintang, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sintangen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Pontianak in Indonesia.
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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.