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Pope Francis on Wednesday 28 June 2017 appointed a new bishop in Indonesia, a coadjutor bishop and an auxiliary bishop in South Korea and a prefect apostolic in the Marshal Islands.
In Indonesia, he appointed Franciscan Father Adrianus Sunarko as bishop of Pangkalpinang.
The 50-year old priest is the Franciscan provincial superior of Indonesia as well as the president of the Conference of Men’s Major Superiors of Indonesia (KOPTARI).
He takes over from Bishop Hilarius Moa Nurak SVD, who passed away on 29 April, 2016.
Bishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono of Tanjungkarang has been serving as its Apostolic Administrator.
He was born on 7 December 1966 in Merauke, Papua.
Fr. Sunarko attended the minor seminary of Mertoyudan, Magelang, in Central Java.
He did his philosophical studies at the Driyarkara High School of Philosophy in Jakarta and his theology at the Wedhabhakti Pontifical Faculty in Yogyakarta.
He took his perpetual vows as a member of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM) on 15 August 1994, and was ordained a priest on 8 July, the following year.
As a priest, Fr. Sunarko was assigned various responsibilities:
- 1995-1996: Assistant parish priest of Sacred Heart Kramat, Central Java, Jakarta Archdiocese.
- 1996-2002: Bachelors degree in theology at the Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.
- From 2002: Professor at Driyarkara High School of Philosophy in Jakarta .
- 2004-2007: OFM provincial definitor.
- 2007-2009: OFM vice provincial of Indonesia.
- From 2010: OFM provincial superior of Indonesia (two terms).
- From 2014: President of the Conference of Men’s Major Superiors of Indonesia (KOPTARI).
The Diocese of Pangkalpinang, created in 1961, is a suffragan of Palembang Archdiocese.
Out of a total population of 3.345.000 over an area of 30,442 sqkm, Pangkalpinang has 58.000 Catholics.
They are being ministered to by 76 priests (61 diocesan and 15 religious), 78 nuns and 15 seminarians.
Source: Vatican Radio – Italian language edition.
