Diocese of

Sanggau

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sanggau / Sanggauen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pontianak

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.04.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sekadau / Sekadauen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak and Diocese of Ketapang)
1982.06.08: Promoted as Diocese of Sanggau / Sanggauen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pontianak)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.18 – ...):

Bishop Valentinus Saeng, C.P. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sanggau (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valentinus Saeng, C.P. (56)
(2022.06.18 – ...)

Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Bonum depositum custodi

Born:	1969.10.28 (Keramuk, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1998.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.11.11

Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia) (2022.06.18 – ...)

Bishop Giulio Mencuccini, C.P. (79)
(1990.01.22 – 2022.06.18)

Bishop emeritus of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Ministerium meum in ministrando

Born:	1946.03.13 (Fossacesia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.03

Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia) (1990.01.22 – 2022.06.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Sekadau (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator 1982.06.08 – 1990.01.22)

Fr. Domenico Luca Spinosi, C.P. (later Mr.)
(1972.09.01 – 1982.06.08)

Born:	1935.09.08 (Scorrano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1961.02.26

Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia) (1972.09.01 – 1982.06.08)

Lay state (1985?)

Fr. Michele Di Simone, C.P.
(1968.07.31 – 1972)

Born:	1929.04.09 (Isola del Gran Sasso, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1954.05.09
Died:	2017.08.18 (Teramo, Italy † 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Sekadau (Indonesia) (1968.07.31 – 1972)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, Sanggau, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan

Churches by City (28)

Pontianak (←), Kuching (↑), Sintang (→), Ketapang (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,392 km²

Population: 349,843 Catholics (49.3% of 709,543 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 71 priests (26 diocesan, 45 religious), 178 religious (98 brothers, 80 sisters), 13 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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