The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ende ( la, Archidioecesis Endehena) is a Latin metropolitan

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in the

Lesser Sunda Islands The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up t ...

, Indonesia. Its cathedral is the Christ the King Cathedral in the city of Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur. Ende catholic cathedral (Indonesia)

History

The archdiocese was established on 16 September 1913 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands, on territory split from what was then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Archdiocese of Jakarta, then covering the

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). On 12 March 1922 the Prefecture was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands (curiate Italian: Isole della Piccola Sonda), hence entitled to a titular bishop. On 25 February 1936 the Vicariate was split to establish the

Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor The Roman Catholic Diocese of Atambua ( la, Atambuen(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kupang, in Indonesia, yet still dependent of the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. ...

. On 10 July 1950 the Vicariate was split to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Denpasar. On 8 March 1951 it was name Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh, after its see, having lost territories to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng. On 20 October 1959 another split established the Apostolic Prefecture of Weetebula. On 3 January 1961 it became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh. On 14 May 1974 it was renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende. On 14 December 2005 the Archdiocese was again split to establish the

diocese of Maumere The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere (''Dioecesis Maumerensis'') in Indonesia was created on December 14, 2005, by splitting it from the Archdiocese of Ende, which is still the metropolitan of the diocese. Its first bishop is Vincentius Sens ...

Ordinaries

''(all

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; missionary members of a Latin congregation till 1996)''

Apostolic Prefect of Lesser Sunda Islands (Isole della Piccola Sonda)

*Fr. Pietro Noyen, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (1913 – death 1921)

Apostolic Vicars of Lesser Sunda Islands

*Arnoldo Verstraelen, S.V.D. (14 March 1922 – death 15 March 1932), Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (13 March 1922 – 15 March 1932) *Enrico Leven, S.V.D. (25 April 1933 – 1950), Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (25 April 1933 – death 31 January 1953)

Apostolic Vicar of Endeh

*Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961), Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961); later Bishop of

Larantuka Larantuka () is a ''kecamatan'' (district) and the seat capital of East Flores Regency, on the eastern end of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Like much of the region, Larantuka has a strong a colonial Portuguese influence. The town ...

(Indonesia) (3 January 1961 – 23 February 1973), Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar (Indonesia) (1973 – 4 September 1980), Titular Bishop of

Eguga Eguga was a ''civitas'' in Africa Proconsulare during the Roman Empire. It was located in present-day Tunisia. The city was also the seat of an ancient Roman Catholic diocese. Eguga was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Carthage. The only bish ...

(23 February 1973 – 7 June 1982)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Endeh

* Gabriel Manek, S.V.D. (3 January 1961 – 19 December 1968), previously Titular Bishop of Alinda (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961) & Apostolic Vicar of

(Indonesia) (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of

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(19 December 1968 – 15 May 1976)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ende

* Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. (19 December 1968 – 23 February 1996) *Longinus Da Cunha (23 February 1996 – 6 April 2006) *

Vincentius Sensi Potokota Vincentius Sensi Potokota (born 11 July 1951) is an Indonesian Roman Catholic archbishop. Biography Born in Ende Regency, Potokota was ordained as priest in the Archdiocese of Ende on 11 May 1980. On 14 December 2005 Potokota was appointed ...

(14 April 2007 – ...), previously Bishop of daughter diocese Maumere (Indonesia) (14 December 2005 – 14 April 2007)

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these

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bishoprics: * Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar * Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka * Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng ( la, Rutengen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ruteng in the Ecclesiastical province of Ende in Indonesia. History * March 8, 1951: Established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng from the Apost ...

Source and External links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
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