Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya

Diocese of Surabaya Dioecesis Surabayanus Keuskupan Surabaya
Gereja Santa Perawan Maria, the oldest Catholic church in Surabaya
Location
Country	Indonesia
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Semarang
Statistics
Area	24,461 km² (9,444 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 3,400,000 150,457 (4.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono
Metropolitan Archbishop	Robertus Rubiyatmoko

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya (Latin: Surabayan(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese, in located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, in the city of Surabaya.

History

Established on February 15, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture 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 titular bishop.
Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
August 22, 1973: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya

Teofilo Emilio de Backere, Lazarists (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 of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)
Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03 see below)

Suffragan Bishops of Surabaya

Jan Antonius Klooster, 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 – ...)

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