Diocese of

Purwokerto

Indonesia Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Purwokerto / Purvokerten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Semarang

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 31

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.07.14 – ...):Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (59)Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Purwokerto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (59)Bishop Christophorus Tri Harsono (59)
(2018.07.14 – ...)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia)

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:1966.01.18 (Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1995.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:2018.10.16

Priest of Bogor (Indonesia) (1995.02.05 – 2018.07.14)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (2018.07.14 – ...)

Bishop Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J.
(2000.05.10 – 2016.12.29)

Non mea sed tua voluntas

Born:1941.12.25 (Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1975.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.08
Died:2020.06.26 (Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia † 78)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (2000.05.10 – 2016.12.29)

Bishop Paschalis Soedita Hardjasoemarta, M.S.C.
(1973.12.17 – 1999.05.23)

Non mea sed tua voluntas

Born:1929.03.31 (Wonosobo, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1956.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:1974.03.06
Died:1999.05.23 (Purwokerto, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia † 70)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1973.12.17 – 1999.05.23)

Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C.
(1961.01.03 – 1973.12.17)

Unitas

Born:1909.01.11 (Deventer, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1933.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1950.10.18
Died:1983.01.03 (Arnhem, Netherlands † 73)

Titular Bishop of Balbura (1950.05.31 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1950.05.31 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1973.12.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Purwokerto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C.
(1950.05.31 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Purwokerto (Roman Rite)

Fr. Bernardus Joseph Joannes Visser, M.S.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 1941.10.16 – 1946)

Fr. Bernardus Joseph Joannes Visser, M.S.C.
(1932.05.18 – 1941.10.16)

Born:1880 (Arnhem, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1916.03.23
Died:1975 (Netherlands † 95)

Prefect Apostolic of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1932.05.18 – 1941.10.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Purwokerto (Indonesia) (1941.10.16 – 1946)

Special Churches

Churches by City (28)

Bandung (←), Semarang (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,869 km²

Population: 55,300 Catholics (0.3% of 16,281,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 84 priests (42 diocesan, 42 religious), 282 religious (82 brothers, 200 sisters), 26 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

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