Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samarinda, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Samarinda / Samarindaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, Tanjung Selor

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1955.02.21: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Samarinda / Samarindaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bandjarmasin)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Samarinda / Samarindaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pontianak)
2001.12.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tanjung Selor
2003.01.29: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samarinda / Samarindaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya and Tanjung Selor)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.02.16 – ...):

Archbishop Justinus Harjosusanto, M.S.F. (72)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Samarinda (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Justinus Harjosusanto, M.S.F. (72)
(2015.02.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1953.09.05 (Muntilan, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.14

Bishop of Tanjung Selor (Indonesia) (2001.12.22 – 2015.02.16)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (2015 – 2018.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) (2015.02.16 – ...)

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

Archbishop Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F.
(2003.01.29 – 2013.07.18)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1948.12.11 (Tering, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1976.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.11.21
Died:	2013.07.18 (Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 64)

Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1993.04.05 – 2003.01.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) (2003.01.29 – 2013.07.18)

Bishops of Samarinda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. (later Archbishop)
(1993.04.05 – 2003.01.29)

(see above)

Bishop Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F.
(1987.11.30 – 1992.05.06)

Deus salus

Born:	1933.06.05 (Loon op Zandt, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.02.14
Died:	1992.05.06 (Samarinda, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia † 58)

Apostolic Administrator of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1977.01.14 – 1987.11.30)

Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1987.11.30 – 1992.05.06)

Fr. Michael Cornelis C. Coomans, M.S.F. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1977.01.14 – 1987.11.30)

Fr. Christian Van Weegberg, M.S.F.
(Apostolic Administrator 1975.02.11 – 1987?)

Bishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F.
(1961.01.03 – 1975.02.11)

Per fidem fiducia

Born:	1906.02.17 (Voorschoten, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.09.15
Died:	1986.09.23 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria (1955.07.10 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1955.07.10 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1975.02.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Samarinda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F.
(1955.07.10 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Santa Maria Penolong Abadi, Samarinda, Kalimantan Timur, Kalimantan

Churches by City (27)

Palangkaraya (↙), Sibu (↖), Tanjung Selor (↑), Manado (→), Makassar (↘), Banjarmasin (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 104,886 km²

Population: 148,000 Catholics (3.8% of 3,849,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 65 priests (33 diocesan, 32 religious), 119 religious (35 brothers, 84 sisters), 9 seminarians