Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta

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Territory Jakarta Deaneries 8 Denomination Roman Catholic Province Jakarta Country Indonesia		Metropolitan Jakarta Parishes 62 Area 2,988 km² Phone +62 21 3519193

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2002)11,297,332411,036 (3.6%) Address Gedung Karya Pastoral 1st Floor, JL. Kathedral 7, Jakarta, 10710, Pasar Baru, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta 10110, Indonesia Similar Jakarta Cathedral, Gereja Maria Bunda Pe, Gereja Santa Maria De, Paroki Santo Ignatius L

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (Latin: Giakartan(us)) is a Metropolitan Latian archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Katedral Santa Maria Diangkat ke Surga, in the national capital Jakarta.

History

Established on 8 May 1807 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean (now Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion)

April 3, 1841: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia, hence entitled to a titular bishop

It lost vast territories frequently to various split-off missions: on 1855 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, on 1902.12.22 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea, on 1905.02.11 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo, 1911.06.30 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra, 1913.09.16 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Isole della Piccola Sonda (Lesser Sunda islands), 1919.11.19 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes (now Sulawesi), 1927.04.27 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Malang, 1928.02.15 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, 1932.04.20 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, 1932.04.25 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Purwokerto, 1940.06.25 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang and 1948.12.09 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi

On February 7, 1950 it was renamed after its see as the Apostolic Vicariate of Djakarta

January 3, 1961: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta, finally ceasing to be exempt (directly dependent on the Holy See)

It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope Paul VI in February 1970.

August 22, 1973: renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta

It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in October 1989.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Apostolic Prefects of Batavia

(both Dutch)

Jacobus Nelissen (1808 – 1817)

Lambertus Prinsen (1817 – 1830)

Apostolic Vicars of Batavia

(Dutch and one Flemish)

Johannes Scholten (1831 – 1842)

Jacobus Grooff (1842.09.20 – 1852.04.29), Titular Bishop of Canea (1842.09.20 – 1852.04.29; previously Apostolic Prefect of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (Suriname) (1826.10.13 – 1842.09.12), later Apostolic Vicar of Dutch Guyana–Suriname (1846.12.01 – 1852.04.29)

Petrus Maria Vrancken (Belgian) (1852.04.19 – 1874.05.28), Titular Bishop of Colophonius (1847.06.04 – 1874.06.16), succeeding as former Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Batavia (Java, Indonesia) (1847.06.04 – 1852.04.19), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Attalia (1874.06.16 – 1879.08.17)

Adam Carel Claessens (1874.06.16 – 1893.05.23), Titular Bishop of Traianopolis (in Phrygia) (1874.06.16 – 1884.01.04), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Siraces (1884.01.04 – 1895.07.10)

Walterus Staal, (S.J.) (1893.05.23 – death 1897.06.30), Titular Bishop of Mauricastrum (1893.05.23 – 1897.06.30)

Edmondo Luypen, S.J. (1898.05.20 – 1923.05.02), Titular Bishop of Oropus (1898.05.20 – 1923.05.02)

Antonio Pietro Francesco van Velsen, S.J. (1924.01.26 – 1933.03), Titular Bishop of Æzani (1924.01.21 – death 1936.05.06)

Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. (1934.07.23 – 1950.02.07 see below), Titular Bishop of Zorava (1934.07.23 – 1971.01.27)

Apostolic Vicars of Djakarta

Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. ( see above 1950.02.07 – 1952)

Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. (1953.02.18 – 1961.01.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Trisipa (1953.02.18 – 1961.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Djakarta

Adrianus Djajasepoetra (see above 1961.01.03 – 1970.05.21), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Bolsena (1970.05.21 – 1976.07.10)

Leo Soekoto, S.J. (1970.05.21 – 1973.08.22 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Jakarta

Leo Soekoto (see above 1973.08.22 – death 1995.12.30)

Julius Cardinal Darmaatmadja (1996.01.11 – 2010.06.28), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) (1983.02.19 – 1996.01.11), Military Vicar of Indonesia (Indonesia) (1984.04.28 – 1986.07.21), restyled Military Ordinary of Indonesia (Indonesia) (1986.07.21 – 2006.01.02), President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (1988 – 1997), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria (1994.11.26 – ...); again President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2000 – 2006)

Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (2010.06.28 – ...), also Military Ordinary of Indonesia (2006.01.02 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of suffragan see Bandung (2011.12 – 2014.06.03) and President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2012.11 – ...); succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta (2009.07.25 – 2010.06.28); previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia) (1997.04.21 – 2009.07.25)

Ecclesiastical province

Its Ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and these Suffragan daughter dioceses, both also on Java island:

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bogor

References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta Wikipedia

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History

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical province

References