Antonius Subianto Bunjamin

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Mgr. Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, OSC (born 14 February 1968) is a Roman Catholic bishop and President of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1996, Bunjamin was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung, Indonesia in 2014 succeeding Johannes Pujasumarta.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbunya.html|title=Bishop Antonius Franciskus Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C.}}

The Vatican appointed Bunjamin as Apostolic Visitator to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng in 2017,{{cite web|url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/7605/vatican-investigates-indonesian-bishop-accused-of-having-an-affair-and-misappropriating-church-funds-|title=Vatican investigates Indonesian bishop accused of having an affair and misappropriating church funds}} and to the Archdiocese of Merauke in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucanews.org/news/senior-indonesian-prelate-fired-over-alleged-mismanagement/85755|title=Senior Indonesian prelate fired over alleged mismanagement}}

Background

Bunjamin was born on 14 February 1968 in Bandung, West Java.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sesawi.net/2014/06/04/lebih-dekat-dengan-uskup-bandung-mgr-dr-antonius-subianto-bunyamin-osc/ |title=Lebih Dekat dengan Uskup Bandung: MGR. Dr. Antonius Subianto Bunyamin OSC - SESAWI.NET |access-date=14 September 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235448/http://www.sesawi.net/2014/06/04/lebih-dekat-dengan-uskup-bandung-mgr-dr-antonius-subianto-bunyamin-osc/ |url-status=dead }} When he was a child, he was nicknamed beke, a Sundanese word which means short, because compared to his friends, Bunyamin was short.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hidupkatolik.com/2014/08/17/23385/beke-menjadi-uskup-bandung/|title=Beke Menjadi Uskup Bandung|date=17 August 2014}} He grew up in the Parish of Santa Odilia, Cicadas.

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