Diocese of

Manado

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Manado / Manadoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Makassar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Hati Tersuci Maria, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Sulawesi

Makassar (↙), Samarinda (←), Marbel (↑), Amboina (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Manado (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. (66)
(2017.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia)

In lumine tuo videmus lumen

Born:	1957.01.04 (Lembean, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.07.08

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia) (2017.04.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. (83)
(1990.02.08 – 2017.04.12)

Bishop emeritus of Manado (Indonesia)

Credidimus caritati

Born:	1940.04.10 (Tegal, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1969.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia) (1990.02.08 – 2017.04.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia (1997 – 2000)

Bishop Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C.
(1969.06.26 – 1990.02.08)

Pacem prædicare

Born:	1912.11.07 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.07.25
Died:	2003.03.18 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Choba (1967.04.13 – 1969.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manado (Indonesia) (1967.04.13 – 1969.06.26)

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia) (1969.06.26 – 1990.02.08)

Bishop Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C.
(1961.01.03 – 1969.06.26)

Nil nisi christum

Born:	1896.06.02 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1922.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.05.15
Died:	1981.03.31 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Hermonthis (1947.03.13 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Manado (Indonesia) (1947.03.13 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Manado (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1969.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Strongoli (1969.06.26 – 1976.09.15)

Vicars Apostolic of Manado (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolaas Verhoeven, M.S.C.
(1947.03.13 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Bishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C.
(1937.04.13 – 1946)

Born:	1882.07.29 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.06.24
Died:	1952.06.23 († 69)

Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia) (1923.06.12 – 1934.02.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia) (1934.02.01 – 1937.04.13)

Titular Bishop of Trisipa (1934.02.01 – 1952.06.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Manado (Indonesia) (1937.04.13 – 1946)

Vicars Apostolic of Celebes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C.
(1934.02.01 – 1937.04.13)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Celebes (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joannes Walter Panis, M.S.C. (later Bishop)
(1923.06.12 – 1934.02.01)

(see above)

Fr. Gerard Vesters, M.S.C. (later Bishop)
(1919.12 – 1923.02.16)

Born:	1876.08.27 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1903.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.08.05
Died:	1954.08.30 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Celebes (Indonesia) (1919.12 – 1923.02.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1923.02.16 – 1938)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palæstina (1923.02.16 – 1954.08.30)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Theodorus Hubertus Moors, M.S.C. (1967.04.13 – 1969.06.26)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 90,000 km²

Population: 145,424 Catholics (20.0% of 726,500 total) (2021)

Statistics: 74 parishes, 1 mission, 159 priests (99 diocesan, 60 religious), 374 religious (194 brothers, 180 sisters), 107 seminarians (2021)

History

1919.11.19: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1934.02.01: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Celebes
1937.04.13: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Manado / Manadoën(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Makassar)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Manado / Manadoën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Makassar)

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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