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Apostolic Nunciature To Indonesia
The Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia ( id, Nunsiatur Apostolik untuk Indonesia), unofficially known as the Vatican Embassy in Jakarta ( id, Kedutaan Besar Vatikan di Jakarta) is a diplomatic position within the Vatican, equivalent to an embassy. It is located at Jalan Merdeka Timur 18 in Central Jakarta. The Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Republic of Indonesia serves both as the ambassador of the Pope (as head of State of Vatican City) to the President of Indonesia, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Indonesia and the Pope (as head of the church). List of papal representatives ;Apostolic Delegates * Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye (6 July 1947 – 2 March 1955) ;Apostolic Internuncios * Domenico Enrici (17 September 1955 – 30 January 1958) * Ottavio De Liva (18 April 1962 – 23 August 1965) ;Apostolic Pro-Nuncio * Salvatore Pappalardo (7 December 1965 – 7 May 1969) ;Apostolic Nuncios * Joseph Mees (14 June 1969 - 10 July 1973) ...
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Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta is the largest city in Southeast Asia and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. The city is the economic, cultural, and political centre of Indonesia. It possesses a province-level status and has a population of 10,609,681 as of mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Although Jakarta extends over only , and thus has the smallest area of any Indonesian province, its metropolitan area covers , which includes the satellite cities Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and Bekasi, and has an estimated population of 35 million , making it the largest urban area in Indonesia and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo). Jakarta ranks first among the Indonesian provinces in human development index. Jakarta's busin ...
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Vincenzo Maria Farano
Vincenzo Maria Farano (21 July 1921 – 17 January 2008) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and served as an Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Ecuador before spending more than a decade as Archbishop of Gaeta. Biography Vincenzo Maria Farano was born on 21 July 1921 in Trani, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 3 June 1944. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1952. On 8 August 1973, Pope Paul VI appointed him titular archbishop of Cluentum and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Indonesia. He received his episcopal consecration on 30 September 1973 from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot. On 25 August 1979, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador The Apostolic Nunciature to Ecuador is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Ecuador. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. ...
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Diplomatic Missions In Indonesia
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Indonesia. At present, the capital city of Jakarta hosts 102 embassies. As Jakarta hosts the headquarters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the city also hosts missions of both members and observers to the organization. In practice, missions to ASEAN could be integrated or separated from their respective embassies to Indonesia. This listing excludes honorary consulates. Diplomatic missions in Jakarta See also : List of diplomatic missions in Jakarta Embassies # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Missions to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) * * * * * * (Delegation) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Other missions/delegations * (Delegation) * (Economic & Trade Office) * ( Economic & Trade Office) C ...
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Diplomatic Missions Of The Holy See
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys (now known as nuncios) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates. Additionally, papal representatives known not as nuncios but as apostolic delegates ensure contact between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See. At present, there is one residential apostolic delegate, for Jerusalem and Palestine, as well as non-residential delegates for four countries (Brunei, Laos, Mauritania, and Somalia) and for the territories and countries without diplomatic relations with the Holy See in three regions (the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean). For Vietnam, the 21st-century appointees of the Holy See have been given the title "pontifical representative". In keeping with the "one China" policy, no representative is appointed for mainland China, and ...
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Catholic Church In Indonesia
The Catholic Church in Indonesia ( id, Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. Catholicism is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. According to official figures, Catholics made up 3.12 percent of the population in 2018. The number of Catholics is, therefore, more than 8.3 million. Indonesia is primarily Muslim, but Catholicism is the dominant faith in certain areas of the country. The Church is organised into 10 archdioceses and 27 dioceses, all of which are members of the Indonesian Catholic Bishops Conference (KWI) led by Archbishop Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. There are several Catholic religious institutes active in the country including the Jesuits, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) and the Divine Word Missionaries. Catholicism in Indonesia began with the arrival of the Portuguese i ...
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Holy See–Indonesia Relations
Holy See and Indonesia established diplomatic relations in 1950. Relations are important as part of global interfaith dialogue, because Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim-majority population. Indonesia recognizes Roman Catholicism as one of its six approved religions. The Holy See has a nunciature in Jakarta, while Indonesia has an embassy in Rome. History There have been relations between the Holy See and Indonesia since the era of the Majapahit empire. Between 1318 and 1330 CE, Mattiussi, a Franciscan friar, visited several places in today's Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. He was sent by the Pope to launch a mission into the lands of Mongols in the Asian interior. In his report, he described the marvelous palace of the Javanese King and the war with the Great Khan of China. It was the court of Majapahit king Jayanegara in Trowulan that was visited by Mattiussi. During the colonial era of the Dutch East Indies, some parts of Indonesia, such as Flores, were kno ...
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Antonio Guido Filipazzi
Antonio Guido Filipazzi (born 8 October 1963) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria since 2017 and before that was Nuncio to Indonesia for six years. Biography He was born in Melzo, in the Province of Milan, on 8 October 1963 and grew up in Gessate. After completing his classical studies, he studied at the Genoa Section of Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, obtaining a bachelor's degree in theology in 1987. On 10 October 1987 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Genoa by Cardinal Giuseppe Siri. On 1 September 1989, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo. He was parochial vicar of Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Ventimiglia and taught canon law at the Episcopal Seminary "Pio XI" of Bordighera from 1989 to 1990. He then obtained his doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross on 12 May 1992 and a dip ...
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Holy See Press Office
The Holy See Press Office ( la, Sala Stampa Sanctae Sedis; it, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, links=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/) publishes the official news of the activities of the Pope and of the various departments of the Roman Curia. All speeches, messages, documents, as well as the statements issued by the Director, are published in their entirety. Role The press office operates every day in Italian, although texts in other languages are also available. On Saturday 27 June 2015 Pope Francis, through an apostolic letter or ''motu proprio'' ("on his own initiative") established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia; the Press Office was incorporated into it, but at the same time belongs to the Secretary of State. On 21 December 2015 Pope Francis appointed Dr. Greg Burke, formerly the Communications Advisor for the Section for General Affairs of the Vatican's Secretariat of State of the Holy See (a key department in the Roman Curia), a ...
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Leopoldo Girelli
Leopoldo Girelli (born 13 March 1953) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the apostolic nuncio to India and to Nepal. He was nuncio to Israel and to Cyprus as well as apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine from 2017 to 2021. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1987 and previously served as nuncio to Indonesia, East Timor and Singapore. Biography Girelli was born in Predore, Province of Bergamo, Italy, on 13 March 1953. He was ordained a priest on 17 June 1978 and incardinated in the diocese of Bergamo. He graduated in theology. To prepare for the diplomatic service, he completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1984. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 July 1987 and worked in the papal diplomatic missions in Cameroon and New Zealand and at the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, and finally in the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States where he ...
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Malcolm Ranjith
Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith ( Sinhala: පටබැඳිගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් මැල්කම් රංජිත්) (born 15 November 1947), often known simply as Malcolm Ranjith or Albert Malcolm Ranjith is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010. Ranjith previously served as auxiliary bishop of Colombo (1991–1995), Bishop of Ratnapura (1995–2001), Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001–2004), Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and East Timor (2004–2005), and Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2005–2009). Early life and education The eldest of four children, Malcolm Ranjith was born in Polgahawela to Don William and Mary Winifreeda. He studied at De La Salle College in Mutwal before entering St. Aloysius Seminary in Borella in 1965. From 1966 to 1970 ...
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Renzo Fratini
Renzo Fratini (born 25 April 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See. He became an apostolic nuncio in 1998 and ended his career as nuncio to Spain. As he resigned in 2019, the Holy See distanced itself from his criticism of the Spanish government's plans to relocate the remains of Francisco Franco. Biography Renzo Fratini was born on 25 April 1944, in Urbisaglia, Italy, and was ordained priest on 6 September 1969 for the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino. In 1970 he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career as a diplomat. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1974, and served in the Pontifical diplomatic missions in France, Japan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Greece, Ecuador, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. On 7 August 1993 he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Botriana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan. He was consecrated bishop on 2 October 1993. Cardinal Angelo Sodano was the principal con ...
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Pietro Sambi
Pietro Sambi (27 June 1938 – 27 July 2011) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 until his death in 2011. He had the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1985, fulfilling assignments in Burundi, Indonesia, Cyprus, Israel, Jerusalem and Palestine, and the United States. Biography Sambi was born in Sogliano al Rubicone ( Forlì-Cesena), Italy, on 27 June 1938. He spoke Italian, English, French and Spanish. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro on 14 March 1964 and earned degrees in theology and canon law. At the Diocesan Seminary in Pennabilli he was responsible for priestly formation and then became Vice Rector. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1969, serving first at the nunciature in Cameroon. He moved to the Apostolic Nunciature in Jerusalem on 19 July 1971, and then to the Apostolic Nunciatures in Cuba in 1974, Algeria in 1978, Nicaragua in 1 ...
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