The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Merauke ( la, Merauken(sis)) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Merauke Merauke is a large town and the capital of the South Papua province, Indonesia. It is also the administrative centre of Merauke Regency in South Papua. It is considered the easternmost city in Indonesia. The town was originally called Ermasoe. It ...

in Indonesia.

History

* 24 June 1950: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Merauke from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amboina ( la, Amboinaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Amboina in the Ecclesiastical province of Makassar in Indonesia. History * December 22, 1902: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New ...

* 15 November 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Merauke

Leadership

* Arch

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Merauke (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (7 April 2004 – 28 March 2020) ** Archbishop

Jacobus Duivenvoorde Jacobus Duivenvoorde (November 15, 1928 – November 16, 2011) was the Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Merauke, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania b ...

, M.S.C. (26 June 1972 – 30 April 2004) ** Archbishop

Herman Tillemans Herman may refer to: People * Herman (name), list of people with this name * Saint Herman (disambiguation) * Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman Places in the United States * Herman, Arkansas * Herman, Michigan * Herman, Min ...

, M.S.C. (15 November 1966 – 26 June 1972) * Vicars Apostolic of Merauke (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Herman Tillemans, M.S.C. (later Archbishop) (25 June 1950 – 15 November 1966)

Suffragan dioceses

Agats Agats is a town in Asmat Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. An elevated settlement on a tidal plain, a Dutch outpost was set up in Agats in 1938 and the town became notable for the cultural practices of the Asmat people. Following the formation of A ...

* Jayapura * Manokwari–Sorong *

Timika Timika is a chartered city (''kota''), and the capital of Mimika Regency on the southern coast of Central Papua, Indonesia. At the 2020 Census, the district which includes the town (it remains administratively within the Regency, rather than havin ...

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

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