St. Peter's Cathedral, Bandung Explained

Bandung Cathedral
Location:Jalan Merdeka No. 14, Bandung, Indonesia
Pushpin Map:Indonesia_Bandung
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founder:Jesuit
Religious Institute:Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross
Diocese:Diocese of Bandung
Deanery:East Bandung[1]
Organist:Callixtus Hendrix Hidajat[2]
Reader:Katharina Maria Irawati
Youthmin:Monica Dianrosawati[3]
Flowerguild:Felisia Jenny Purnamasari
Rcia:Stefanus Yordan Hendra Gunawan Jahja Saputra[4]
Style:Neogothic
Consecrated Date:19 February 1922
Status:Cathedral
Bishop:Mgr. Antonius Subianto Bunjamin, O.S.C.
Rector:Barnabas Nono Juarno, O.S.C.
Priest:Leo van Beurden, O.S.C.
Febry Ferdinand Laleno, O.S.C.
Kosman Parniatan Sianturi, O.S.C.
Website:http://www.katedralbandung.org/
Architect:Wolff Schoemaker
Groundbreaking:1921
Years Built:1921–1922
Length:40 metres
Width:15 metres
Spire Quantity:1

Bandung Cathedral (Indonesian Gereja Katedral Bandung), officially Katedral Santo Petrus ("St. Peter's Cathedral"), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung, located at Jalan Merdeka, Bandung, Indonesia. The building was designed by Wolff Schoemaker in Neogothic style. Bandung Cathedral has a land area of 2,385 m2 and building area of 785 m2.

The first parish church, dedicated to St. Francis Regis, opened on June 16, 1895. After Bandung received the status of gemeente (municipality) in 1906, it was decided to build a new church building. Construction of the new building was started in 1921. The construction was finished in 1922 and the new cathedral was blessed on February 19, 1922, by Mgr. Edmundus Sybradus Luypen, Apostolic Vicar of Batavia.[5]

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  1. Web site: Keuskupan Bandung – Dekanat Bandung Timur.
  2. Web site: Bidang Liturgi (LEITURGIA) – Gereja Katolik Katedral St. Petrus Bandung.
  3. Web site: Bidang Persaudaraan (KOINONIA) – Gereja Katolik Katedral St. Petrus Bandung.
  4. Web site: Bidang Pewartaan (KERYGMA) – Gereja Katolik Katedral St. Petrus Bandung.
  5. Web site: Indonesian . Jejak Gereja Katedral St. Petrus . David . October 15, 2009 . KatedralBandung.org . Katedral Bandung .