Roman Catholic Diocese of Ketapang () is a

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located in the district of

Ketapang Ketapang, or ''Tau-pang'' in Teochew, is the administrative capital of Ketapang Regency (''Kabupaten Ketapang''), one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang town is located at and is a tow ...

in the

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Pontianak Pontianak, also known as Khuntien in Teochew and Hakka, is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.21 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas R ...

in Indonesia.

History

* 14 June 1954: Established as the

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of Ketapang from the Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak * 3 January 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Ketapang

Leadership

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s of Ketapang (Roman rite) ** Bishop Pius Riana Prapdi (9 September 2012 – present) ** Bishop Blasius Pujoraharja (15 March 1979 – 25 June 2012) ** Bishop Gabriel W. Sillekens, C.P. (3 January 1961 – 15 March 1979) * Prefects Apostolic of Ketapang (Roman Rite) ** Fr. Gabriel W. Sillekens, C.P. (later Bishop) (25 August 1954 – 3 January 1961)

References

GCatholic.org

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