Diocese of

Surabaya

Indonesia

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Surabaya / Surabayan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Semarang

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1928.02.15: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia / Surabaien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia)
1941.10.16: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia / Surabaien(sis) (Latin)
1961.01.03: Promoted as Diocese of Surabaia / Surabaien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Semarang)
1973.08.22: Renamed as Diocese of Surabaya / Surabayan(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Surabaya (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono
(2007.04.03 – 2023.08.10)

Ut vitam habeant abundantius habeant

Born:	1953.09.26 (Surabaya, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.06.28
Died:	2023.08.10 (Surabaya, Indonesia † 69)

Priest of Surabaya (Indonesia) (1982.01.21 – 2007.04.03)

Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia) (2007.04.03 – 2023.08.10)

Bishop Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta
(1994.03.26 – 2003.12.13)

Born:	1944.03.28 (Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.07.25
Died:	2003.12.13 († 59)

Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia) (1994.03.26 – 2003.12.13)

Bishop Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono
(1982.04.02 – 1994.03.26)

Born:	1917.12.25 (Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1945.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.12.16
Died:	2002.01.23 († 84)

Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia) (1982.04.02 – 1994.03.26)

Bishop Jan Klooster, C.M.
(1961.01.03 – 1982)

Born:	1911.06.05 (Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:	1936.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.01
Died:	1990.12.30 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia) (1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Surabaya (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1982)

Vicars Apostolic of Surabaia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jan Klooster, C.M.
(1953.02.19 – 1961.01.03)

(see above)

Bishop Michele Verhoeks, C.M.
(1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)

Born:	1893.03.29 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1919.04.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.05.08
Died:	1952.05.08 († 59)

Prefect Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia) (1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia) (1941.10.16 – 1952.05.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Surabaia (Roman Rite)

Fr. Michele Verhoeks, C.M. (later Bishop)
(1937.10.22 – 1941.10.16)

(see above)

Fr. Teofilo Emilio de Backere, C.M.
(1928.06.06 – 1937)

Born:	1882.05.25 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1909.06.05
Died:	1937 († 55)

Prefect Apostolic of Surabaia (Indonesia) (1928.06.06 – 1937)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Jawa

Churches by City (44)

Semarang (←), Palangkaraya (↑), Banjarmasin (↗), Denpasar (→), Malang (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,600 km²

Population: 162,393 Catholics (0.7% of 24,883,541 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 166 priests (102 diocesan, 64 religious), 407 religious (103 brothers, 304 sisters), 24 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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