Diocese of

Ketapang

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ketapang / Ketapangen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pontianak

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Gemma Maria Umberta Galgani (May 16)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 10

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.06.14: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ketapang / Ketapangen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Ketapang / Ketapangen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pontianak)
1968.04.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sekadau

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ketapang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi (57)
(2012.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia)

Serviens in caritate

Born:	1967.05.05 (Painiai, Papua, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1995.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.09

Priest of Semarang (Indonesia) (1995.07.08 – 2012.06.25)

Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia) (2012.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Blasius Pujaraharja (89)
(1979.03.15 – 2012.06.25)

Bishop emeritus of Ketapang (Indonesia)

In fractione panis

Born:	1935.06.12 (Gamping, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.17

Priest of Semarang (Indonesia) (1961.09.08 – 1979.03.15)

Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia) (1979.03.15 – 2012.06.25)

Bishop Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P.
(1962.04.02 – 1979.03.15)

Born:	1911.07.06 (Roggel, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1936.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.17
Died:	1981.05.09 († 69)

Prefect Apostolic of Ketapang (Indonesia) (1954.08.25 – 1961.01.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Ketapang (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1962.04.02)

Bishop of Ketapang (Indonesia) (1962.04.02 – 1979.03.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Ketapang (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1961.01.03 – 1962.04.02)

Fr. Gabriel Willem Sillekens, C.P. (later Bishop)
(1954.08.25 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Santa Gemma, Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan

Churches by City (23)

Pangkalpinang (←), Pontianak (↑), Sanggau (↑), Sintang (↗), Palangkaraya (→)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 35,809 km²

Population: 136,800 Catholics (22.2% of 616,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (33 diocesan, 14 religious), 166 religious (27 brothers, 139 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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