Diocese of Larantuka
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Ende in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedral Reinha Rosari in the city of Larantuka, in Nusa Tenggara Timur.
History
- Established on March 8, 1951 as Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Isole della Piccola Sonda.
- Promoted on January 3, 1961 as '''Diocese of Larantuka'''
Episcopal ordinaries
; Apostolic Vicar of Larantuka
- Mons. Gabriel Manek, Divine Word Missionaries , Titular Bishop of Alinda, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Ende , retired as Titular Archbishop of Bavagaliana
- Mons. Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D., previously Titular Bishop of Nilopolis & Apostolic Vicar of Endeh , later Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar and Titular Bishop of Eguga
- Mons. Darius Nggawa, S.V.D.
- Mons. Franciscus Kopong Kung, succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Larantuka
- Mons. Dr. Johannes Chrysostomos Berchmans Hanssen Monteiro, D.D., Ph.D., Th.D.