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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta (Latin: Giakartana) is a metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, in the national capital Jakarta .
1.1.2 Ecclesiastical Province of Jakarta. ... The Catholic Church in Indonesia is composed of 10 archdioceses and 37 dioceses which form 10 ecclesiastical provinces.
Since then, the Catholic Church has been free to operate in the Dutch East Indies. [2] The commissioner-general of Batavia, Leonard du Bus de Gisignies (1825–1830), was credited with providing land to build the first Catholic church in Batavia. The former residence of General de Kock in the Weltevredeen area was renovated to be a church.
In 1918, all Catholic schools were put under the jurisdiction of an institute named "Yayasan Kanisius", which produced the first priests and bishops of Indonesia. In the 20th century, the Catholic Church grew quickly. In 1911, Van Lith established the "Seminari Menengah" (minor seminary). Three out of the six candidates that were at the school ...
It is located at Jalan Merdeka Timur 18 in Central Jakarta. The apostolic nuncio of the Holy See to the Republic of Indonesia serves both as the ambassador of the pope (as head of state of Vatican City) to the president of Indonesia, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Indonesia and the pope (as head of the ...
The Gereja Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Paroki Blok Q (Indonesian for "Church of the Queen Saint Mary the Virgin Parish of Block Q"), [1] abbreviated as Gereja SPMR Blok Q, [2] or also known as the Gereja Santa is a Catholic parish church in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Growth in the Catholic population from 1950 to 2000 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pontianak was from 1.1% to 8.7%, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sintang from 1.7% to 20.1%. In the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sanggau , just over 50% of the population are now Catholic, while in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ketapang it is around 20%.
After a meeting at the Jakarta Cathedral Church, the Pope met with a number of activists of the Scholas Occurrentes organisation. [47] The organisation is a global youth education movement founded by Pope Francis in 2013 in Argentina. [48] The meeting took place at the Grha Pemuda located in the Jakarta Cathedral complex. [49]