Diocese of Surabaya
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Surabaya is a suffragan Latin diocese, located on Java island, in Indonesia and administers parishes in the northern and western parts of East Java province.
Its episcopal see is at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Surabaya.
The diocese is headed by bishop Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo, who the bishop, Mgr. Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono, preceded.
History
- Established on February 15, 1928 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Surabaia, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia
- October 16, 1941: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Surabaia, still a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction but entitled to a titular bishop.
- Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Diocese of Surabaia
- August 22, 1973: Renamed as '''Diocese of Surabaya'''
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefects of Surabaya- Teofilo Emilio de Backere,
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M.
- Michele Verhoeks, C.M., Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina
- , C.M.
- , C.M., Titular Bishop of Germanicopolis
- Aloysius Josef G. Dibjokarjono
- Johannes Sudiarna Hadiwikarta
- Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono
- Agustinus Tri Budi Utomo