Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Merauke

Indonesia Indonesia

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Merauke / Merauken(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Agats, Jayapura, Manokwariโ€“Sorong, Timika

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.11.11 โ€“ ...):Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75)Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Merauke (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75)Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75)
(2020.11.11 โ€“ ...)

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 โ€“ 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Merauke (Indonesia) (2019.08.07 โ€“ 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Amboina (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 โ€“ 2021.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 โ€“ ...)

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75)Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (75) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.08.07 โ€“ 2020.11.11)

Bishop John Philip Saklil
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2019.07.27 โ€“ 2019.08.03)

Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (64)Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (64)
(2004.04.07 โ€“ 2020.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Merauke (Indonesia)

Pasce oves meas

Born:1959.12.06 (Purwokerto, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1989.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:2004.07.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (2004.04.07 โ€“ 2020.03.28)

Archbishop Jacobus Duivenvoorde, M.S.C.
(1972.06.26 โ€“ 2004.04.07)

Unitas in vinculo pacis

Born:1928.11.15 (Heemskerk, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1954.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:1972.10.01
Died:2011.11.16 (โ€  83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (1972.06.26 โ€“ 2004.04.07)

Archbishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C.
(1966.11.15 โ€“ 1972.06.26)

Omnia ad Jesum

Born:1902.07.31 (Grave, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1928.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:1950.11.05
Died:1975.08.23 (โ€  73)

Titular Bishop of Berissa (1950.06.25 โ€“ 1966.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Merauke (Indonesia) (1950.06.25 โ€“ 1966.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (1966.11.15 โ€“ 1972.06.26)

Vicars Apostolic of Merauke (Roman Rite)

Bishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1950.06.25 โ€“ 1966.11.15)

(see above)

Special Churches

Churches by City (35)

Darwin (โ†™), Agats (โ†–), Jayapura (โ†‘), Daruโ€“Kiunga (โ†—), Cairns (โ†“)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 91,243 kmยฒ

Population: 185,203 Catholics (61.6% of 300,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (21 diocesan, 32 religious), 154 religious (42 brothers, 112 sisters), 25 seminarians

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