St. Mary Assumpta Cathedral, Tanjung Selor

The St. Mary Assumpta Cathedral [1] (Indonesian: Katedral St. Maria Assumpta ) also called Tanjung Selor Cathedral, Is a Catholic Church located in the city of Tanjung Selor,[2] a district in the regency of Bulungan in the province of Kalimantan of the North to the northeast of the island of Borneo in Indonesia.

St. Mary Assumpta Cathedral
Katedral St. Maria Assumpta
LocationTanjung Selor
Country Indonesia
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The building of the church was blessed by the representative of the Holy See, the Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Antonio Guido Filipazzi on February 5, 2012. Although the creation of the parish dates from 1996.

The temple dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to the Heaven follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the most important church of the Diocese of Tanjung Selor (Dioecesis Tanjungselorensis or Keuskupan Tanjung Selor) that was created in 2001 through the bull "Ad aptius Consulendum "of Pope John Paul II.

At the moment it is sede vacante, reason why it does not have responsible bishop.[3]

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Indonesia
  • St. Mary Assumpta

References
  1. "Katedral St. Maria Assumpta, Tanjung Selor, Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Indonesia – Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Tanjung Selor". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. "Polisi Masih Sisir Sejumlah Gereja di Tanjung Selor". Tribun Kaltim. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Tanjung Selor (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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