Vincentius Sensi Potokota (born 11 July 1951) is an
Indonesian Roman Catholic archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
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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 as the bishop of the newly established
Diocese of Maumere. The episcopal ordination took place on 23 April 2006, with the Archbishop of Jakarta, Cardinal
Julius Darmaatmadja
Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja (born 20 December 1934) is an Indonesian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was created a cardinal in 1994, becoming the second Indonesian to be a cardinal. He served as the Archbishop of Semarang f ...
S.J. ordaining Potokota as bishop. The co-consecratos of the event were then-bishop of Weetebula
Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira S.V.D., and then-bishop of Pangkal Pinang
Hilarius Moa Nurak S.V.D.
Little more than a year after being ordained bishop of
Maumere, Potokota was installed as archbishop of the Archdioceses of
Ende after the death of
Longinus Da Cunha. Potokota was installed as archbishop on 7 June 2007.
As archbishop of the diocese, Potokota has campaigned on several issues in
East Nusa Tenggara, such as discouraging mining and deforestation in the province because of the damage it causes to the environment.
References
1951 births
Living people
People from East Nusa Tenggara
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Indonesia
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