Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jakarta is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java, in Indonesia.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the St Mary Assumption Parish, in the national capital Jakarta.History
- Established on 8 May 1807 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Batavia, on territory split off from the Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean
- 3 April 1841: Promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia, hence entitled to a titular bishop
- It lost vast territories frequently to various split-off missions: on 1855 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Labuan and Borneo, on 22 December 1902 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch New Guinea, on 11 February 1905 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo, 30 June 1911 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra, 16 June 1913 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands, 19 November 1919 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Celebes, 27 April 1927 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Malang, 15 February 1928 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, 20 April 1932 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bandung, 25 April 1932 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Purwokerto, 25 June 1940 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Semarang and 9 December 1948 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sukabumi
- On 7 February 1950 it was renamed after its see as the Apostolic Vicariate of Djakarta
- 3 January 1961: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Djakarta, finally ceasing to be exempt
- It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope Paul VI in February 1970.
- 22 August 1973: renamed as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jakarta
- It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in October 1989.
Ordinaries
Its Ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and these Suffragan daughter dioceses, both also on Java island:
