Diocese of

Agats

Indonesia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 31,000 km²

Population: 61,485 Catholics (44.1% of 139,342 total) (2018)

Statistics: 14 parishes, 20 missions, 27 priests (17 diocesan, 10 religious), 1 deacon, 33 lay religious (14 brothers, 19 sisters), 10 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Merauke

Neighbouring Dioceses: Timika (←), Jayapura (↗), Merauke (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

History

1969.05.29: Established as Diocese of Agats / Agatsen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Merauke)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Salib Suci, Agats, Papua, Papua

Present Prelates

Bishop (2002.06.07 – ...):

Bishop Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Agats (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aloysius Murwito, O.F.M. (70)
(2002.06.07 – ...)

Bishop of Agats (Indonesia)

In Deo speravi non timebo

Born:	1950.12.20 (Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.09.15

Bishop of Agats (Indonesia) (2002.06.07 – ...)

Bishop Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, O.S.C.
(1969.05.29 – 2001.05.09)

Kristus Adalah Cinta

Born:	1933.06.23 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1958.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.11.23
Died:	2014.01.11 († 80)

Bishop of Agats (Indonesia) (1969.05.29 – 2001.05.09)

as of 2020.12.31