Diocese of

Weetebula

Indonesia Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Weetebula / Veetebulaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kupang

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.04.04 – ...):Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R. (74)Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Weetebula (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R. (74)Bishop Edmund Woga, C.SS.R. (74)
(2009.04.04 – ...)

Bishop of Weetebula (Indonesia)

Prædicare redemptionem

Born:1950.11.17 (Hewokloang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1977.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:2009.07.16

Bishop of Weetebula (Indonesia) (2009.04.04 – ...)

Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D.
(1985.12.21 – 2008.01.19)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1941.09.26 (Lela, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1971.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:1986.04.25
Died:2024.10.08 (Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia † 83)

Bishop of Weetebula (Indonesia) (1985.12.21 – 2008.01.19)

Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia) (2008.01.19 – 2018.07.14)

Prefects Apostolic of Weetebula (Roman Rite)

Fr. Berthold Neij, C.SS.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 1980 – 1985)

Fr. Henricus Haripranata, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1975.10.08 – 1980.02.21)

Fr. Wilhelm Wagener, C.SS.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 1969 – 1975)

Fr. Gerard J. Legeland, C.SS.R.
(1960.03.15 – 1969)

Born:1909.03.09 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1937.12.18
Died:1989.04.04 (Köln, Germany † 80)

Prefect Apostolic of Weetebula (Indonesia) (1960.03.15 – 1969)

Special Churches

Churches by City (29)

Denpasar (←), Labuan Bajo (↑), Ruteng (↗), Ende (↗), Kupang (→)

Statistics (2017.12.31)

Area: 12,297 km²

Population: 215,300 Catholics (23.6% of 913,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 123 priests (63 diocesan, 60 religious), 209 religious (122 brothers, 87 sisters), 44 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.05.17

© 2025 GCatholic.org

Up