Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ende

Archdiocese of Ende Archidioecesis Endehenus Keuskupan Agung Ende
Location
Country	Indonesia
Ecclesiastical province	Ende
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 454,000 416,000 (91.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Christ the King Cathedral in Ende, East Nusa Tenggara
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vincentius Sensi Potokota

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ende (Latin: Endehen(us)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Gereja Katedral Kristus Raja (dedicated to Christ the King), in the city of Ende, in Nusa Tenggara Timur.

History

• Established on September 16, 1913 as Apostolic Prefecture of Lesser Sunda Islands (curiate Italian: Isole della Piccola Sonda), on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia (now Archdiocese of Jakarata, then covering the Dutch East Indies)
• Promoted on March 12, 1922 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lesser Sunda Islands (curiate Italian: Isole della Piccola Sonda), hence entitled to a titular bishop
• Lost territories, first on 25 february 1936 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Timor and again on 10 July 1950 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Denpasar
• Renamed on March 8, 1951 as Apostolic Vicariate of Endeh, after its see, having lost territories to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Larantuka and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruteng
• Lost territory on 20 October 1959 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Weetebula
• Promoted on January 3, 1961 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Endeh
• Renamed on May 14, 1974 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende
• Lost territory on 14 December 2005 to establish the diocese of Maumere.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite; initially missionary members of a Latin congregation till 1996)

Apostolic Prefect of Lesser Sunda Islands (Isole della Piccola Sonda)

• Fr. Pietro Noyen, Divine Word Missionaries (S.V.D.) (1913 – death 1921)

Apostolic Vicars of Lesser Sunda Islands

• Arnoldo Verstraelen, S.V.D. (March 14, 1922 – death March 15, 1932), Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1922.03.13 – 1932.03.15)
• Enrico Leven, S.V.D. (April 25, 1933 – 1950), Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (1933.04.25 – death 1953.01.31)

Apostolic Vicar of Endeh

• Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. (March 8, 1951 – January 3, 1961), Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03); later Bishop of Larantuka (Indonesia) (1961.01.03 – 1973.02.23), Apostolic Administrator of Denpasar (Indonesia) (1973 – 1980.09.04), Titular Bishop of Eguga (1973.02.23 – 1982.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Endeh

• Gabriel Manek, S.V.D. (January 3, 1961 – December 19, 1968), previously Titular Bishop of Alinda (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03) & Apostolic Vicar of Larantuka (Indonesia) (1951.03.08 – 1961.01.03); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Bavagaliana (1968.12.19 – 1976.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ende

• Donatus Djagom, S.V.D. (December 19, 1968 – February 23, 1996)
• Longinus Da Cunha (February 23, 1996 – April 6, 2006)
• Vincentius Sensi Potokota (April 14, 2007 – ...), previously Bishop of daughter diocese Maumere (Indonesia) (2005.12.14 – 2007.04.14)

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these Suffragan bishoprics :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Denpasar
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Larantuka
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Maumere
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng

Source and External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy