Diocese of

Atambua

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Atambua / Atambuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kupang

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1936.05.25: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor / Timor Olandese (Italiano) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands)
1948.11.11: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Atambua / Atambuen(sis) (Latin)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Atambua / Atambuen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Endeh)
1967.04.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kupang
1989.10.23: Became suffragan of Kupang

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.02 – ...):

Bishop Dominikus Saku (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Atambua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominikus Saku (64)
(2007.06.02 – ...)

Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia)

Vos Amici Mei Estis

Born:	1960.04.03 (Taikas, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.02

Priest of Atambua (Indonesia) (1992.09.29 – 2007.06.02)

Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia) (2007.06.02 – ...)

Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D.
(1984.02.03 – 2007.06.02)

Born:	1929.01.02 (Tanah Boleng, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.21
Died:	2024.01.06 (Atambua, Indonesia † 95)

Titular Bishop of Zaba (1982.04.02 – 1984.02.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia) (1982.04.02 – 1984.02.03)

Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia) (1984.02.03 – 2007.06.02)

Bishop Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D.
(1961.01.03 – 1984.02.03)

Sub tutela matris

Born:	1909.08.15 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1935.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.06.29
Died:	1991.05.07 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Mulia (1957.11.14 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Atambua (Indonesia) (1957.11.14 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Atambua (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1984.02.03)

Vicars Apostolic of Atambua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D.
(1957.11.14 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D.
(1948.11.11 – 1957.11.14)

Born:	1896.02.05 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1922.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.28
Died:	1961.04.03 († 65)

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch Timor (Indonesia) (1937.06.01 – 1948.11.11)

Titular Bishop of Candyba (1937.06.01 – 1961.04.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Atambua (Indonesia) (1948.11.11 – 1957.11.14)

Vicars Apostolic of Dutch Timor (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Pessers, S.V.D.
(1937.06.01 – 1948.11.11)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D. (1982.04.02 – 1984.02.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Santa Maria Imakulata, Atambua, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Nusa Tenggara

Churches by City (66)

Kupang (↙), Larantuka (↖), Maliana (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,177 km²

Population: 551,890 Catholics (96.4% of 572,506 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 201 priests (162 diocesan, 39 religious), 326 religious (114 brothers, 212 sisters), 134 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.08.13

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