Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta

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Archdiocese of Jakarta

Archidioecesis Giakartana

Keuskupan Agung Jakarta
Catholic
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Location
Country Indonesia
Territory Jakarta, Banten (Tangerang, South Tangerang, Tangerang Regency), and West Java (Bekasi, Bekasi Regency)
Ecclesiastical province Province of Jakarta
HeadquartersJalan Katedral No. 7, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta
Coordinates 6°10′00″S106°49′01″E / 6.1667°S 106.8170°E / -6.1667; 106.8170
Statistics
Area10,775 km2 (4,160 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 20,411,000
  • 536,598 (2.6%)
Parishes67 parishes
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established8 May 1807;218 years ago (1807-05-08)
Cathedral Jakarta Cathedral
Patron saint Our Lady of the Assumption
Language Indonesian language
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo
Suffragans
Vicar GeneralSamuel Pangestu
Bishops emeritus Julius Darmaatmadja
Map
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Location of the Archdiocese of Jakarta in the Ecclesiastical Province of Jakarta
Website
kaj.or.id
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Jakarta Cathedral parishioners

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (Latin : Giakartana) is a metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, in the national capital Jakarta.

History

Leadership

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Batavia

Apostolic Vicars of Batavia

Apostolic Vicars of Djakarta

  • Petrus Willekens, S.J. (7 February 1950 – 23 May 1952, resigned)
  • Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. (18 February 1953 – 3 January 1961, elevated)

Archbishops of Djakarta

Archbishops of Jakarta

Titular prelates

Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Batavia

  • Petrus Vrancken (4 June 1847 – 19 April 1852, position changed)

Diocesan Administrator of the Vicar of Djakarta

  • R.P.C. Doumen, S.J. (23 May 1952 – 18 February 1953, job completed)

Diocesan Administrator of Jakarta

  • R.P. Martinus Soenarwidjaja, S.J. (30 December 1995 – 11 January 1996, job completed)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Jakarta

Ecclesiastical province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own archdiocese and two suffragan daughter dioceses, both also on Java island:

Churches

The archdiocese is divided into nine deaneries.

Central Deanery

West Deanery I

See also