Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya

Diocese of Surabaya
Dioecesis Surabayana
Keuskupan Surabaya
Gereja Santa Perawan Maria, the oldest Catholic church in Surabaya
Location
Country Indonesia
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Semarang
Statistics
Area 24,461 km2 (9,444 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
3,400,000
150,457 (4.4%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono
Metropolitan Archbishop Robertus Rubiyatmoko

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Dioecesis Surabayana) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, in the city of Surabaya.

History

  • Established on February 15, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta)
  • October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia, still a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction but hence entitled to a titular bishop.
  • Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
  • August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya
  • Teofilo Emilio de Backere, Lazarists (C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937)
  • Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16 see below)

Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaya

  • Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1941.10.16 – death 1952.05.08), Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)
  • Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03 see below)
Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya

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