Diocese of

Timika UCA 𝐖

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Timika / Timikaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Merauke

Website:

2003.12.19: Established as Diocese of Timika / Timikaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Jayapura and became suffragan of Merauke)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Timika (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Philip Saklil
(2003.12.19 – 2019.08.03)

Priest of Jayapura (Indonesia) (1988.10.23 – 2003.12.19)

Bishop of Timika (Indonesia) (2003.12.19 – 2019.08.03)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Merauke (Indonesia) (2019.07.27 – 2019.08.03)

Area: 81,811 km²

Population: 123,000 Catholics (10.9% of 1,130,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes

Personnel: 60 priests (36 diocesan, 24 religious), 1 deacon, 81 religious (29 brothers, 52 sisters), 26 seminarians

Last updated on 2024.12.15