Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. Including Komodo and Rinca islands off its west coast, the land area is 14,731.67 km2, and the population was 1,878,875 in the 2020 Census ; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 1,962,405. The largest towns are Maumere and Ende. The name Flores is of Portuguese origin, meaning "Flowers".
East Nusa Tenggara is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north. It consists of more than 500 islands, with the largest ones being Sumba, Flores, and the western part of Timor; the latter shares a land border with the separate nation of East Timor. The province is subdivided into twenty-one regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang, which is the capital and largest city.
West Manggarai Regency is one of the eight regencies which comprise the island of Flores, located in the province of East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. The Regency was created on 25 February 2003 by the separation off of the western districts from Manggarai Regency. It covers a land area of 3,141.47 km2, and had a population of 221,703 at the 2010 census, rising to 251,689 at the 2015 Intermediate census and to 256,317 at the 2020 census. The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 278,184. The regency's capital is the town of Labuan Bajo.
Manggarai Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, situated on the island of Flores. Established in 1958 to encompass the 6,924.18 km2 area of the lands of the indigenous Manggarai people, the regency was reduced in area and in population by the separation of the more western districts to form West Manggarai Regency on 25 February 2003 and of the more eastern districts to form East Manggarai Regency on 17 July 2007.
Labuan Bajo is a fishing town located at the western end of the large island of Flores in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is in Komodo District. It is the capital of the West Manggarai Regency, one of the eight regencies on Flores Island.
The Bishops' Conference of Indonesia is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Indonesia. It was constituted in November 1955, in Surabaya as the Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops. KWI is a part of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
Mgr. Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, OSC is a Roman Catholic bishop and President of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia.
Hubertus Leteng was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the Bishop of Ruteng from 2010 to October 2017, when he resigned amidst scandals involving allegations of theft and of having a mistress. Before being named a bishop, he worked as a lecturer at a local seminary.
Komodo is an administrative district in the regency of West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The district includes not only the islands of Komodo and Rinca off the west coast of Flores, but also much of the mainland part of West Manggarai Regency including the town of Labuan Bajo. In 2023 it had a population of 58,912, comprising 29,784 males and 29,128 females).
Ludovikus Simanullang was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Yustinus Harjosusanto M.S.F. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Robertus Rubiyatmoko, J.C.D. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Adrianus Sunarko O.F.M. is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Vincentius Sensi Potokota was an Indonesian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ende from 2007 to his death in 2023. Previously, he served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Maumere from 2006 to 2007.
Caci is a form of fighting with a whip or stick. It appears to be indigenous to Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, but it is also practiced in neighboring islands of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. The art is sometimes called cacing or ende in Flores, and larik or kebat in Riung, while in Balinese it is known as ende.
Seno "Inno" Ngutra is the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Amboina, being appointed in 2021.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Monsignor. Franciscus Nipa is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church and academician. He was appointed as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Makassar on 21 October 2023. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Makassar since 17 October 2024.
Hironimus Pakaenoni, S.T.L., is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church and diocesan priest. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kupang on 9 March 2024 to succeed Mons. Peter Turang.
Paul Boedhie KledenSVD is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as the archbishop of Ende since 2024. He is a member of the Society of the Divine Word and was its superior general from 2018 until his appointment as Archbishop.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Labuan Bajo is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, located in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. The diocese was split from Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng and was established on 21 June 2024. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of The Holy Spirit in Labuan Bajo.
