Recent Events

Fr. Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo was consecrated as Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don resigned as Vice-President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Fr. Maksimus Regus was consecrated as Bishop of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia)

Fr. Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo, Priest of Surabaya (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia)

Archbishop Johannes Liku Ada’ resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

Archbishop Fransiskus Nipa succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Maumere (Indonesia), passed away at 83

Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pontianak (Indonesia), passed away at 87

Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)

Archbishop-elect Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., resigned as Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites)

Diocese of Labuan Bajo was established (from Diocese of Ruteng and became suffragan of Ende) (Indonesia)

Fr. Maksimus Regus, Priest of Ruteng (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia)

Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., Superior General of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia)

Fr. Hironimus Pakaenoni was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kupang (Indonesia)

Fr. Hironimus Pakaenoni, Priest of Kupang (Indonesia), was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Kupang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Peter Turang resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kupang (Indonesia)

Fr. Fransiskus Nipa was consecrated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

Bishop Anton Pain Ratu, S.V.D., Bishop emeritus of Atambua (Indonesia), passed away at 95

Archbishop Vincentius Sensi Potokota, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia), passed away at 72

Fr. Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

Fr. Fransiskus Nipa, Priest of Makassar (Indonesia), was elected Coadjutor Archbishop of Makassar (Indonesia)

Bishop Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono, Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia), passed away at 69

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria and Permanent Observer to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

Fr. Victorius Dwiardy, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

Bishop Petrus Boddeng Timang resigned as Bishop of Banjarmasin (Indonesia)

Fr. Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma Watun, S.M.M., was appointed as Superior General of Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries)

Fr. Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo was consecrated as Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

Fr. Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You was consecrated as Bishop of Jayapura (Indonesia)

Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

Fr. Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo, Priest of Palembang (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces, Titular Archbishop of Macri, passed away at 91

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo resigned as President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Archbishop Justinus Harjosusanto, M.S.F., resigned as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Archbishop Robertus Rubiyatmoko, Metropolitan Archbishop of Semarang (Indonesia), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Bishop Antonius Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C., Bishop of Bandung (Indonesia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia, was appointed as President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Bishop Adrianus Sunarko, O.F.M., Bishop of Pangkalpinang (Indonesia), was appointed as Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) and Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia, was appointed as General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia

Fr. Valentinus Saeng, C.P., was consecrated as Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M., resigned as Bishop of Jayapura (Indonesia)

Fr. Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You, Priest of Jayapura (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Jayapura (Indonesia)

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo took possession as Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Bishop Hubertus Leteng, Bishop emeritus of Ruteng (Indonesia), passed away at 63

Bishop Giulio Mencuccini, C.P., resigned as Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Fr. Valentinus Saeng, C.P., was elected Bishop of Sanggau (Indonesia)

Fr. Seno Inno Ngutra was consecrated as Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta, O. Carm., Bishop emeritus of Manokwari–Sorong (Indonesia), passed away at 89

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Amboina (Indonesia)

Fr. Seno Inno Ngutra, Priest of Amboina (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Fr. Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X., was consecrated as Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal

Fr. Fransiskus Tuaman Sinaga was consecrated as Bishop of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.I., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

Bishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono, Bishop of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Tanjungkarang (Indonesia) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Palembang (Indonesia)

Fr. Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X., was elected Bishop of Padang (Indonesia)

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to India

Fr. Fransiskus Tuaman Sinaga, Priest of Sibolga (Indonesia), was elected Bishop of Sibolga (Indonesia)

Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C., Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) and Apostolic Administrator of Merauke (Indonesia), was promoted as Apostolic Administrator of Amboina (Indonesia) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Medan (Indonesia), passed away at 79

Bishop Julianus Kemo Sunarko, S.J., Bishop emeritus of Purwokerto (Indonesia), passed away at 78

Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)