Diocese of Weetebula Dioecesis Veetebulaensis Keuskupan Weetebula | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Ecclesiastical province | Kupang |
Metropolitan | Kupang |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,052 km2 (4,267 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 644,000 149,675 (23.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in East Nusa Tenggara |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edmund Woga |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Turang |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Weetebula (Latin : Veetebulaen(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kupang in Indonesia. It pastorally serves all of Sumba Island.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedral Roh Kudus, located in the city of Weetebula, Nusa Tenggara Timur.
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Coordinates: 9°26′00″S119°13′51″E / 9.43333°S 119.23083°E
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