The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta ( la, Giakartana) is a Metropolitan Latin

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on Java, in Indonesia. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, in the national capital

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 ...

History

* Established on 8 May 1807 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean * 3 April 1841: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia, hence entitled to a titular bishop * It lost vast territories frequently to various split-off missions: on 1855 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, on 22 December 1902 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea, on 11 February 1905 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo, 30 June 1911 to establish

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, 16 June 1913 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands, 19 November 1919 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes (now Sulawesi), 27 April 1927 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Malang, 15 February 1928 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, 20 April 1932 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, 25 April 1932 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Purwokerto, 25 June 1940 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang and 9 December 1948 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi * On 7 February 1950 it was renamed after its see as the Apostolic Vicariate of Djakarta * 3 January 1961: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta, finally ceasing to be exempt (directly dependent on the Holy See) * It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope Paul VI in February 1970. * 22 August 1973: renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta * It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in October 1989.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Batavia

* Jacobus Nelissen (1808-1817) * Lambertus Prinsen (1817-1830)

Apostolic Vicars of Batavia

* Johannes Scholten (1831-1842) * Jacobus Grooff (1842-1852) * Petrus Maria Vrancken (1852-1874) * Adam Carel Claessens (1874-1893) * Walterus Staal, S.J. (1893-1897) * Edmondo Luypen, S.J. (1898-1923) * Antonio Pietro Francesco van Velsen, S.J. (1924-1933) * Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. (1934-1950)

Apostolic Vicars of Djakarta

* Pieter Jan Willekens, S.J. (1950-1952) * Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. (1953-1961)

Archbishops of Djakarta

* Adrianus Djajasepoetra (1961-1970) * Leo Soekoto, S.J. (1970-1973)

Archbishops of Jakarta

* Leo Soekoto (1973-1995) * Julius Cardinal Darmaatmadja (1996-2010) * Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (2010-present)

Coadjutor Bishops

* Petrus Maria Vrancken (1847-1852) * Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (2009-2010)

Ecclesiastical province

Its Ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and these

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daughter dioceses, both also on Java island: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung ( la, Bandungen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bandung in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta, Jakarta on Java, in Indonesia. Its cathedral epi ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bogor The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bogor ( la, Bogoren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bogor in the Ecclesiastical province of Jakarta in Indonesia. History * December 9, 1948: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi from the ...

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links

Official website
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