The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sintang ( la, Sintangen(sis)) is a

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located in the city of

Sintang Sintang Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 21,638.2 km2, and had a population of 364,759 at the 2010 Census, 395,890 at the 2015 Census and 421,306 at the 2020 Census. It is one among few Indonesian ...

in the

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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 ...

in Indonesia.

History

* March 11, 1948: Established as the

Apostolic Prefecture An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

of Sintang from the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak * April 23, 1956: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sintang * January 3, 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Sintang

Leadership

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s of Sintang (Roman rite) ** Bishop Agustinus Agus (October 29, 1999 – June 3, 2014); appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pontianak The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pontianak ( la, Pontianaken(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan in Indonesia. History * 11 February 1905: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo from the ...

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** Fr. Agustinus Agus (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1996 – October 29, 1999) ** Bishop

Isak Doera Isak Doera (September 29, 1931 – May 19, 2012) was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained in 1959, Doera was named a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sintang, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, i ...

(December 9, 1976 – January 1, 1996) ** Bishop

Lambert van Kessel Lambert may refer to People *Lambert (name), a given name and surname * Lambert, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1036–1130), became Pope Honorius II * Lambert, Margrave of Tuscany ( fl. 929–931), also count and duke of Lucca *Lambert (pianist), stage-nam ...

, S.M.M. (May 16, 1961 – May 25, 1973) * Prefects Apostolic of Sintang (Roman Rite) ** Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator April 23, 1956 – May 16, 1961) ** Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop) (June 4, 1948 – April 23, 1956)

References

GCatholic.org

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