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Roman Catholic Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Pangkal-Pinang

|latin = Dioecesis Pangkalpinangensis

|local = Keuskupan Pangkal Pinang
槟港天主教教区

|country = Indonesia

|metropolitan = Palembang

|province = Palembang

|rite = Latin Rite

|image = Saint Joseph Cathedral (Katedral Santo Yoseph) Pangkalpinang.jpg

|image_size = 180px

|image_alt =

|caption = Katedral Santo Yosep

|cathedral = Cathedral of St Joseph in Pangkal Pinang

|cocathedral =

|area_km2 = 27,021

|population = 3,495,000

|population_as_of = 2019

|catholics = 55,421

|catholics_percent= 1.6

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|bishop = Adrianus Sunarko O.F.M.

|metro_archbishop = Yohanes Harun Yuwono

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|headquarters = Pangkal Pinang

|border = catholic

|established = {{start date|1923|12|27}}

|website = {{URL|https://keuskupan-pangkal-pinang.business.site/}}

|coordinates = {{coord|-2.13051450|106.12895770|format=dms|region:ID-BB_source:wikidata|display=inline, title}}

}}

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pangkal-Pinang ({{langx|la| Pangkalpinangen(sis)}}) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Palembang on Bangka Belitung Islands in Indonesia, yet depends on the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedral Santo Yosep, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Pangkal-Pinang, on Bangka Island.

History

Statistics

As per 2018, it pastorally served 55,421 Catholics (1.6% of 3,495,000 total) on 27,021 km2 in 17 parishes, 2 missions, with 77 priests (56 diocesan, 21 religious), 111 lay religious (27 brothers, 84 sisters), and 26 seminarians.{{cite web |title=Diocese of Pangkalpinang, Indonesia |url=https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pang0.htm |website=GCatholic.org |access-date=15 January 2022}}

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite, so far members of missionary congregations)

;Apostolic Prefects of Bangka e Biliton

;Apostolic Vicar of Pangkal-Pinang

  • Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. (born Netherlands) (8 February 1951 – 3 January 1961 see below), Titular Bishop of Bladia (1951.02.08 – 1961.01.03)

;Suffragan Bishops of Pangkal-Pinang

  • Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. (see above 3 January 1961 – retired 11 November 1978), died 1982
  • Mgr Rolf Reichenbach, SS.CC. (born in Cologne, in 1931, death in 2004) 1979-1987 as Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Pangkalpinang
  • Mgr Hilarius Moa Nurak, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (born Indonesia) (30 March 1987 – death 29 April 2016)
  • Mgr Yohanes Harun Yuwono Pr. (29 April 2016 – 28 June 2017) as Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Pangkalpinang
  • Mgr Adrianus Sunarko, O.F.M. (born Papua) (28 June 2017 - ...), no previous prelature.{{Cite web|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/06/28/170628c.html|title = Resignations and Appointments}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{official website}}
  • [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pang0.htm GCatholic.org - data for all sections]
  • [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpapi.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pangkal-Pinang, Roman Catholic Diocese}}

Category:1923 establishments in the Dutch East Indies

Category:Bangka Belitung Islands

Category:Christian organizations established in 1923

Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Indonesia

Category:South Sumatra

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