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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Pontianak

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About St. Joseph's Cathedral, Pontianak

The St. Joseph's Cathedral (Katedral Santo Yosef ) also called Pontianak Cathedral Is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Pontianak capital of West Kalimantan province west of the island of Borneo in the Asian country of Indonesia.The first church was built in 1908, being blessed the following year. Because the old church did not have enough capacity for the number of parishioners was demolished in 2011. The current structure one of the largest cathedrals in the region, was inaugurated on December 19, 2014 and formally blessed by the Catholic Church on 19 March 2015 at the Feast of St. Joseph. From the beginning until now it has been pastored by the priests of the Capuchin Order.The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother church of the Pontianak Metropolitan Archdiocese (Archidioecesis Pontianakensis or Keuskupan Agung Pontianak) which began as an apostolic prefecture in 1905 and was elevated to its present status in 1961 by the bull "Quod Christus" Of Pope John XXIII.It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Agustinus Agus.

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