Diocese of Bogor, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bogor / Bogoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jakarta

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tanjungkarang (↖), Jakarta (↑), Bandung (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1948.12.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi / Sukabumen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Bogor / Bogoren(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Djakarta)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.01.19 – ...):	Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (60) Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bogor (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.01.19 – ...)

Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M. (63)
(2013.11.21 – 2026.01.19)

Bishop emeritus of Bogor (Indonesia)

Magnificat anima mea Dominum

Born:	1962.05.17 (Ranggu, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1991.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.02.22

Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) (2013.11.21 – 2026.01.19)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2018.11.13 – 2022.11.17)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2022.11.17 – 2025.11.13)

Bishop Cosmas Michael Angkur, O.F.M.
(1994.06.10 – 2013.11.21)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1937.01.04 (Lewur, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.10.23
Died:	2024.12.18 (Labuan Bajo, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia † 87)

Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) (1994.06.10 – 2013.11.21)

Archbishop Leo Soekoto, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1993.07.17 – 1994.06.10)

Bishop Ignatius Harsono
(1975.01.30 – 1993.07.17)

Omnes in unitatem

Born:	1922.12.15 (Delanggu, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.08
Died:	2000.03.01 (Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 77)

Priest of Bogor (Indonesia) (1958.01.06 – 1975.01.30)

Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) (1975.01.30 – 1993.07.17)

Bishop Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M.
(1961.01.03 – 1975.01.30)

In occursum Domini

Born:	1907.02.07 (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1932.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.01.06
Died:	1995.08.01 (Heerlen, Netherlands † 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Sukabumi (Indonesia) (1948.12.17 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1975.01.30)

Prefects Apostolic of Sukabumi (Roman Rite)

Fr. Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1948.12.17 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Beatae Mariae Virginis, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Jawa
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (37)

Tanjungkarang (↖), Jakarta (↑), Bandung (→)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 18,366 km²

Population: 95,400 Catholics (0.5% of 20,786,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 97 priests (70 diocesan, 27 religious), 249 religious (70 brothers, 179 sisters), 31 seminarians