Diocese of Weetebula
Veetebulaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Weetebula, Indonesia
The Diocese of Weetebula is a Latin Catholic see covering Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1959 and promoted to a diocese in 1969. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kupang and has been led by Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R., since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1969
- Latin
- Veetebulaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000146
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 213,000
- Population
- 948,215
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 22.5%
- Priests
- 121
- Catholics per priest
- 1,760
- Extent
- 11,641 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
- Bishop
- Edmund Woga
- Born
- 17 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Hewokloang
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI)
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 the Holy Spirit (Katedral Roh Kudus), Weetebula stands in Weetebula, 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 Kupang
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kupang.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AtambuaAtambua
- Archdiocese of KupangKupang
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kupang in Indonesia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Weetebula (Latin: Veetebulaen(sis)) carries pastoral responsibility for the whole of Sumba Island. Its cathedral, Katedral Roh Kudus, stands in the town of Waitabula in the island's northwest, in Nusa Tenggara Timur.
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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.