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Diocese of Sintang, Indonesia 🇮🇩

Celebrations

History

  • 1948.03.11: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak)
  • 1956.04.23: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Sintang / Sintangen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Pontianak)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sintang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. (70)Bishop Samuel Oton Sidin, O.F.M. Cap. (70)
(2016.12.21 – ...)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia)

Non ego sed Christus in me

Born:1954.12.12 (Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1984.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:2017.03.22

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (2016.12.21 – ...)

Archbishop Agustinus Agus (75)Archbishop Agustinus Agus (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.03 – 2016.12.21)

Archbishop Agustinus Agus (75)Bishop Agustinus Agus (75) (later Archbishop)
(1999.10.29 – 2014.06.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:1949.10.22 (Lintang, Aceh, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1977.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:2000.02.06

Priest of Pontianak (Indonesia) (1977.06.06 – 1999.10.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (1996 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1999.10.29 – 2014.06.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (2014.06.03 – 2016.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak (Indonesia) (2014.06.03 – ...)

Archbishop Agustinus Agus (75)Fr. Agustinus Agus (75) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1996 – 1999.10.29)

Bishop Isak Doera
(1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

Allah adalah kasih

Born:1931.09.29 (Jopu, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1959.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:1977.05.19
Died:2012.05.19 (Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia † 80)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1976.12.09 – 1996.01.01)

Bishop Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M.
(1961.05.16 – 1973.05.25)

Pax in terra

Born:1912.09.08 (Vlijmen, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1939.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:1961.08.15
Died:1980.11.07 (Vlijmen, Netherlands † 68)

Prefect Apostolic of Sintang (Indonesia) (1948.06.04 – 1956.04.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Sintang (Indonesia) (1956.04.23 – 1961.05.16)

Bishop of Sintang (Indonesia) (1961.05.16 – 1973.05.25)

Prefects Apostolic of Sintang (Roman Rite)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1956.04.23 – 1961.05.16)

Fr. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(1948.06.04 – 1956.04.23)

(see above)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 62,120 km²

Population: 267,250 Catholics (29.4% of 910,223 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 38 missions

Personnel: 82 priests (46 diocesan, 36 religious), 117 religious (47 brothers, 70 sisters), 20 seminarians