The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende () is a Latin metropolitan

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in the

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. Its

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is the Christ the King Cathedral in the city of

Ende Ende may refer to Places *Ende Regency, a regency (second level subdivision) of Indonesia *Ende (town), the seat (capital) of Ende Regency People * Ende (artist), 10th-century Spanish manuscript illuminator * Erik Ende, a leader of Scouting in ...

Nusa Tenggara Timur East Nusa Tenggara (; ) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north, with a total land area of 47,238.07 km2. It cons ...

History

The archdiocese was established on 16 September 1913 as

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of Lesser Sunda Islands, on territory split from what was then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Archdiocese of Jakarta, then covering the

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). On 12 March 1922 the prefecture was promoted to

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of Lesser Sunda Islands (curiate Italian: Isole della Piccola Sonda), hence entitled to a

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. On 25 February 1936 the vicariate was split to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor. On 10 July 1950 the vicariate was split to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Denpasar. On 8 March 1951 it was named Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh, after its see, having lost territories to establish the

Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka () is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ende, Ende in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands. Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedral R ...

and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng. On 20 October 1959 another split established the Apostolic Prefecture of Weetebula. On 3 January 1961 it became Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh. On 14 May 1974 it was renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende. On 14 December 2005 the archdiocese was again split to establish the diocese of Maumere.

Ordinaries

''(all

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; missionary members of a Latin congregation till 1996)''

Apostolic Prefect of Lesser Sunda Islands (Isole della Piccola Sonda)

*Fr. Pietro Noyen,

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(S.V.D.) (1913 – death 1921)

Apostolic Vicars of Lesser Sunda Islands

*Arnoldo Verstraelen, S.V.D. (14 March 1922 – death 15 March 1932),

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of Myriophytos (13 March 1922 – 15 March 1932) *Enrico Leven, S.V.D. (25 April 1933 – 1950), Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (25 April 1933 – death 31 January 1953)

Apostolic Vicar of Endeh

*Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961), Titular Bishop of

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(8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961); later Bishop of

Larantuka Larantuka (, ) is a ''kecamatan'' (district) and the seat of East Flores Regency, on the eastern end of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Like much of the region, Larantuka has a strong colonial Portuguese influence. The town (inc ...

(Indonesia) (3 January 1961 – 23 February 1973),

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Denpasar Denpasar (; Balinese script, Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ, ''Dénpasar'') is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. Denpasar is the largest city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second largest city in Eastern Indonesia after ...

(Indonesia) (1973 – 4 September 1980), Titular Bishop of

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(23 February 1973 – 7 June 1982)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Endeh

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, S.V.D. (3 January 1961 – 19 December 1968), previously Titular Bishop of Alinda (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961) & Apostolic Vicar of

(Indonesia) (8 March 1951 – 3 January 1961); emeritate as

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(19 December 1968 – 15 May 1976)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ende

* Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. (19 December 1968 – 23 February 1996) *Longinus Da Cunha (23 February 1996 – 6 April 2006) * Vincentius Sensi Potokota (14 April 2007 – 19 November 2023) (Died), previously Bishop of

Maumere Maumere is the administrative seat of the Sikka Regency and the second largest town (its nominal population has recently overtaken Ende, but of these over 10,500 live in rural areas on outlying islands) on Flores Island, Indonesia. It lies on th ...

(Indonesia) (14 December 2005 – 14 April 2007) * Paul Boedhie Kleden, S.V.D. (25 May 2024 - ...)

Province

Its

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comprises the metropolitan's own archdiocese and these

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bishoprics: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar () is a diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Ende, in Indonesia. The diocese encompasses the predominantly Hindu province of Bali and the mostly Muslim province of West Nusa Tenggara and has its see in ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Labuan Bajo * Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere (''Dioecesis Maumerensis'') in Indonesia was created on December 14, 2005, by splitting it from the Archdiocese of Ende, which is still the metropolitan of the diocese. Its first bishop is Vincentius Sensi. ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng

Source and External links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
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