The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya ( la, Dioecesis Surabayana) is a

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Latin

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, in located on

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island, in

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and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of

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province. Its

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episcopal see is the Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, in the city of

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the M ...

History

* Established on February 15, 1928 as the

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of Surabaia, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta) * October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia, still a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction but hence entitled to a

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. * Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia * August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya

Ordinaries

(all

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, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya'' * Teofilo Emilio de Backere, ( C.M.) (1928.06.06 – 1937) * Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16 ''see below'') ''Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaya'' * Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (1941.10.16 – death 1952.05.08),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...

of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08) * , C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03 ''see below'') ;''Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya'' * , C.M. (''see above'' January 3, 1961 – 1982), Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1961.01.03 – 1982) * Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono (April 2, 1982 – March 26, 1994) * Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta (March 26, 1994 – death December 13, 2003) * Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono (April 3, 2007 – ...)

Sources and External Links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

Roman Catholic dioceses in Indonesia Christian organizations established in 1928 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century East Java {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub