Diocese of

Amboina

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Makassar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1902.12.22: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea / Nuova Guinea Olandese (Italiano) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1920.08.29: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch New Guinea / Nuova Guinea Olandese (Italiano)
1949.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hollandia)
1950.06.24: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Merauke
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Amboina / Amboinaën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Makassar)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.08 – ...):

Bishop Seno Inno Ngutra (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Amboina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Seno Inno Ngutra (53)
(2021.12.08 – ...)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia)

Born:	1970.11.07 (Waur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	2001.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.04.23

Priest of Amboina (Indonesia) (2001.10.06 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (2021.12.08 – ...)

Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.11.11 – 2021.12.08)

Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. (74) (later Archbishop)
(1994.06.10 – 2020.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia)

Nil nisi Christum

Born:	1949.04.27 (Kamangta, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.09.18

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1994.06.10 – 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Merauke (Indonesia) (2019.08.07 – 2020.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Amboina (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 – 2021.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Merauke (Indonesia) (2020.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.
(1965.01.15 – 1994.06.10)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1915.10.19 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1940.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.02.25
Died:	2016.03.26 († 100)

Titular Bishop of Regiana (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1965.01.15 – 1994.06.10)

Bishop Jacques Grent, M.S.C.
(1961.01.03 – 1965.01.15)

Fiat voluntas eius

Born:	1889.08.25 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1914.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.08.31
Died:	1983.08.11 († 93)

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1947.07.10 – 1949.05.12)

Titular Bishop of Parlais (1947.07.10 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Amboina (Indonesia) (1949.05.12 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Amboina (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1965.01.15)

Titular Bishop of Betagbara (1965.01.15 – 1976.11.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Amboina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Grent, M.S.C.
(1949.05.12 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Grent, M.S.C.
(1947.07.10 – 1949.05.12)

(see above)

Bishop Giovanni Aerts, M.S.C.
(1920.08.28 – 1942.07.30)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1880.02.03 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.11.30
Died:	1942.07.30 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1920.07.20 – 1942.07.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1920.08.28 – 1942.07.30)

Prefects Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Roman Rite)

Fr. Enrico Nollen, M.S.C.
(1915 – 1920)

Died:

1920

Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1915 – 1920)

Fr. Matteo Neyens, M.S.C.
(1902 – 1915)

Died:

1915

Prefect Apostolic of Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia) (1902 – 1915)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C. (1963.12.10 – 1965.01.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. (1982.04.02 – 2009.04.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Santo Fransiskus Xaverius, Ambon, Maluku, Maluku
Co-Cathedral: Kon-Katedral Santa Perawan Maria Tak Bernoda, Langgur, Maluku, Maluku

Churches by City (48)

Díli (↙), Makassar (←), Manado (↖), Manokwari–Sorong (↗), Timika (→), Baucau (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 77,990 km²

Population: 114,675 Catholics (3.5% of 3,250,756 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 90 priests (72 diocesan, 18 religious), 221 religious (26 brothers, 195 sisters), 120 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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