Diocese of Sintang, Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pontianak

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1948.03.11: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak)
1956.04.23: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pontianak)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.21 – ...):

Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sintang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. (69)
(2016.12.21 – ...)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

Non ego sed Christus in me

Born:	1954.12.12 (Pontianak, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1984.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.03.22

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (2016.12.21 – ...)

Archbishop Agustinus Agus (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.03 – 2016.12.21)

Bishop Agustinus Agus (74) (later Archbishop)
(1999.10.29 – 2014.06.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1949.10.22 (Lintang, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.06

Priest of Pontianak (Indonesia) (1977.06.06 – 1999.10.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (1996 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1999.10.29 – 2014.06.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (2014.06.03 – 2016.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia) (2014.06.03 – ...)

Fr. Agustinus Agus (74) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1996 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop Isak Doera
(1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

Allah adalah kasih

Born:	1931.09.29 (Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1959.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.19
Died:	2012.05.19 († 80)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

Bishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M.
(1961.05.16 – 1973.05.25)

Pax in terra

Born:	1912.09.08 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1939.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.15
Died:	1980.11.07 († 68)

Prefect Apostolic of Sintang (Indonesia) (1948.06.04 – 1956.04.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (1956.04.23 – 1961.05.16)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1961.05.16 – 1973.05.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Sintang (Roman Rite)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1956.04.23 – 1961.05.16)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(1948.06.04 – 1956.04.23)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Kristus Raja, Sintang, Kalimantan Barat, Kalimantan

Churches by City (38)

Ketapang (↙), Sanggau (←), Kuching (↖), Sibu (↑), Palangkaraya (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 62,120 km²

Population: 267,250 Catholics (29.4% of 910,223 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 38 missions

Personnel: 82 priests (46 diocesan, 36 religious), 117 religious (47 brothers, 70 sisters), 20 seminarians