Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ende / Endehen(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Denpasar, Labuan Bajo, Larantuka, Maumere, Ruteng

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1913.09.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands (English) / Isole della Piccola Sonda (Italiano) / Kepulauan Sunda Kecil (Bahasa Indonesia) / Insularum Sundæ Minorum (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1914.07.20: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia
1922.03.12: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands (English) / Isole della Piccola Sonda (Italiano) / Kepulauan Sunda Kecil (Bahasa Indonesia) / Insularum Sundæ Minorum (Latin)
1936.05.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor
1950.07.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Denpasar
1951.03.08: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh / Endehen(us) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka and Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng)
1959.10.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Weetebula
1961.01.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh / Endehen(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Atambua, Denpasar, Larantuka and Ruteng)
1967.04.13: Gained suffragan see Kupang
1969.02.06: Gained suffragan see Weetebula
1974.05.14: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende / Endehen(us) (Latin)
1989.10.23: Lost suffragan sees Atambua, Kupang and Weetebula
2005.12.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Maumere and gained suffragan see Maumere
2024.06.21: Gained suffragan see Labuan Bajo

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.05.25 – ...):

Archbishop Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D. (59)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ende (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D. (59)
(2024.05.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Caritas fraternitatis maneat in vobis

Born:	1965.11.16 (Waibalun, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.08.22

Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites) (2018.07.04 – 2024.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (2024.05.25 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2025.11.13 – ...)

Archbishop Vincentius Sensi Potokota
(2007.04.14 – 2023.11.19)

Prædica Verbum Opportune Importune

Born:	1951.07.11 (Saga, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1980.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.04.23
Died:	2023.11.19 (Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 72)

Priest of Ende (Indonesia) (1980.05.11 – 2005.12.14)

Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia) (2005.12.14 – 2007.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (2007.04.14 – 2023.11.19)

Archbishop Longinus Da Cunha
(1996.02.23 – 2006.04.06)

Audiens et proclamans

Born:	1945.07.30 (Boawae, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.10
Died:	2006.04.06 (Gondangdia, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (1996.02.23 – 2006.04.06)

Archbishop Donatus Djagom, S.V.D.
(1968.12.19 – 1996.02.23)

Prædicamus Christum crucifixum

Born:	1919.05.10 (Bilas, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1949.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.11
Died:	2011.11.29 (Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia † 92)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) (1968.12.19 – 1996.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Endeh (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel Manek, S.V.D.
(1961.01.03 – 1968.12.19)

Servire populus

Born:	1913.08.18 (Lahurus, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.04.25
Died:	1989.11.30 (Denver, CO, USA † 76)

Titular Bishop of Alinda (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Larantuka (Indonesia) (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Endeh (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1968.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Bavagaliana (1968.12.19 – 1976.05.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Endeh (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonius Hubertus Thijssen, S.V.D.
(1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03)

Qui cum populo Dei

Born:	1906.05.26 (Baarlo, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1932.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.03
Died:	1982.06.07 (Darmo, Jawa Timur, Indonesia † 76)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Endeh (Indonesia) (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1973.02.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar (Indonesia) (1973.02.23 – 1980.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Eguga (1973.02.23 – 1982.06.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Heinrich Leven, S.V.D.
(1933.04.25 – 1950)

O crux ave spes unica

Born:	1883.06.13 (Lank, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.11.12
Died:	1953.01.31 (Steyl, Netherlands † 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) (1933.04.25 – 1950)

Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (1933.04.25 – 1953.01.31)

Bishop Arnold Verstraelen, S.V.D.
(1922.03.14 – 1932.03.15)

Opus Dominus

Born:	1882.07.19 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1907.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.10.01
Died:	1932.03.15 (Mataloko, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia † 49)

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1922.03.13 – 1932.03.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) (1922.03.14 – 1932.03.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Roman Rite)

Fr. Petrus Carolus Noyen, S.V.D.
(1913.10.08 – 1921.02.24)

Born:	1870.09.03 (Helmond, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1893.12.07
Died:	1921.02.24 (Steyl, Netherlands † 50)

Prefect Apostolic of Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia) (1913.10.08 – 1921.02.24)