Diocese of Amboina

DIOCESE OF AMBOINA (Dioecesis Amboinaënsis)

Country: Indonesia
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1902 as Apostolic Prefecture of Nederlands Nieuw Guinea
elevated to Apostolic Vicariate of Nederlands Nieuw Guinea
renamed in 1949 to Apostolic Vicariate of Amboina
elevated to Diocese in 1961

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Arms of Bishops

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Matthijs Nijens (1902-1915)
Did not use arms

Hendrik Nollen (1915-1920)
Arnoldus Johannes Hubertus Aerts (1920-1942)
Jacques Grent (1947-1965)
Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol (1965-1994)
Petrus Canisius Mandagi (1994-2020)

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