Diocese of Amboina, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Makassar

Neighbouring Dioceses: Díli (↙), Makassar (←), Manado (↖), Manokwari–Sorong (↗), Timika (→), Baucau (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1902.12.22: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea / Nuova Guinea Olandese (Italiano) / Nugini Belanda (Bahasa Indonesia) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1920.08.29: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea / Nuova Guinea Olandese (Italiano) / Nugini Belanda (Bahasa Indonesia)
1949.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia)
1950.06.24: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Merauke
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Makassar)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Seno Inno Ngutra (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Amboina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Seno Inno Ngutra (55)
(2021.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Duc in altum

Born:	1970.11.07 (Waur, Maluku, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	2001.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.04.23

Priest of Amboina (Indonesia) (2001.10.06 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (2021.12.08 – ...)

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.11.11 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (76) (later Archbishop)
(1994.06.10 – 2020.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

Nil nisi Christum

Born:	1949.04.27 (Kamangta, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.09.18

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1994.06.10 – 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Merauke (Indonesia) (2019.08.07 – 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Amboina (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 – 2021.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.
(1965.01.15 – 1994.06.10)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1915.10.19 (Amsterdam-Sloten, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1940.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.02.25
Died:	2016.03.26 (Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia † 100)

Titular Bishop of Regiana (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1965.01.15 – 1994.06.10)

Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C.
(1961.01.03 – 1965.01.15)

Fiat voluntas eius

Born:	1889.08.25 (Wervershoof, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1914.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.08.31
Died:	1983.08.11 (Senen, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 93)

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1947.07.10 – 1949.05.12)

Titular Bishop of Parlais (1947.07.10 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Amboina (Indonesia) (1949.05.12 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1965.01.15)

Titular Bishop of Betagbara (1965.01.15 – 1976.11.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Amboina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C.
(1949.05.12 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacobus Grent, M.S.C.
(1947.07.10 – 1949.05.12)

(see above)

Bishop Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts, M.S.C.
(1920.08.28 – 1942.07.30)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1880.02.03 (Swolgen, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.11.30
Died:	1942.07.30 (Maluku, Indonesia † 62)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1920.07.20 – 1942.07.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1920.08.28 – 1942.07.30)

Prefects Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Roman Rite)

Fr. Hendrik Nollen, M.S.C.
(1915 – 1920)

Born:	1870 (’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1897
Died:	1951 († 81)

Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1915 – 1920)

Fr. Matthijs Nijens, M.S.C.
(1902 – 1915)

Born:	1868 (Heel, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1896
Died:	1941 († 73)

Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1902 – 1915)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. (1982.04.02 – 2009.04.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Santo Fransiskus Xaverius, Ambon, Maluku, Maluku
Co-Cathedral: Kon-Katedral Santa Perawan Maria Tak Bernoda, Langgur, Maluku, Maluku

Churches by City (50)

Díli (↙), Makassar (←), Manado (↖), Manokwari–Sorong (↗), Timika (→), Baucau (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 77,990 km²

Population: 113,211 Catholics (3.4% of 3,286,150 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 94 priests (73 diocesan, 21 religious), 213 religious (29 brothers, 184 sisters), 114 seminarians