The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pontianak ( la, Pontianaken(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of

Pontianak Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined ...

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak. The province has an area of 147,307&nbs ...

in Indonesia.

History

* 11 February 1905: Established as the

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of Dutch Borneo from the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia * 13 March 1918: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Borneo * 21 May 1938: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak * 3 January 1961: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak

Leadership

* Arch

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s of Pontianak (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Agustinus Agus (3 June 2014 – ...) ** Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. (26 February 1977 – 3 June 2014 ) ** Archbishop Herculanus J.M. van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. (3 January 1961 – 2 July 1976) * Vicars Apostolic of Pontianak (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Herculanus J.M. van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop) (13 July 1957 – 3 January 1961) ** Bishop

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, O.F.M. Cap. (10 December 1934 – 13 July 1957) * Vicars Apostolic of Dutch Borneo (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Giovanni Pacificio Bos, O.F.M. Cap. (14 March 1918 – 1934) ** Bishop Giovanni Pacificio Bos, O.F.M. Cap. (10 April 1905 – 14 March 1918)

Suffragan dioceses

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* Sanggau *

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Sources

GCatholic.org

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