Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kupang

The Archdiocese of Kupang (Latin: Archidioecesis Kupangensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Kupang in Indonesia.

History

Pope Paul VI. founded the diocese on April 13, 1967 from cessions of territory of the diocese Atambua, which was placed under the Archbishopric end as suffragan.

On 23 October 1989, was elevated to the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums.

Ordinaries

Bishop of Kupang

  • Gregorius Manteiro SVD (13 April 1967-23. October 1989)

Archbishops of Kupang

  • Gregorius Manteiro SVD (23 October 1989-10. October 1997 died )
  • Peter Turang, since October 10, 1997

Statistics

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