Archdiocese of Pontianak

ARCHDIOCESE OF PONTIANAK (Archidioecesis Pontianakensis)

Country: Indonesia
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1905 as Apostolic Prefecture of Dutch Borneo
Elevated in 1918 to Apostolic Vicariate of Dutch Borneo
Renamed in 1938 to Apostolic Vicariate of Pontianak
Elevated to archdiocese in 1961

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Pontianak

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Arms of Vicars and Archbishops

Jan Pacificus Bos (1905-1933)
Tarcisius Henricus Josephus van Valenberg (1934-1957)
Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt (1957-1976)
Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun (1977-2014)
Agustinus Agus (2014-present)

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