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The Catholic Church in Indonesia ( Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. Catholicism is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
Indonesia's 29.4 million Christians constituted 10.47% of the country's population in 2023, with 7.41% Protestant (20.8 million) and 3.06% Catholic (8.6 million). Some provinces in Indonesia are majority Christian. In Indonesia, the word Kristen ( lit. 'Christian') refers to Protestantism, while Catholicism is referred to as Katolik.
Jakarta Cathedral ( Indonesian: Gereja Katedral Jakarta, Dutch: Kathedraal van Jakarta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is also the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Jakarta, currently Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. [1] Its official name is Gereja Santa Maria Diangkat ke Surga, derived from the ...
Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Minister of Religious Affairs. Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi, Vice Minister of Religious Affairs. Website. www .kemenag .go .id. The Ministry of Religious Affairs ( Indonesian: Kementerian Agama) is an Indonesian ministry that administers religious affairs. It is responsible to the president, and is led by a minister.
Became atheists. Mina Ahadi, founder of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims. Javed Akhtar, noted Indian writer and lyricist. Sarah Haider, cofounder of Ex-Muslims of North America. Ismail Kadare, noted Albanian writer. Maryam Namazie, cofounder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, about leaving Islam.
The Bishops' Conference of Indonesia ( BCI; Indonesian: Konferensi Waligereja Indonesia, KWI) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Indonesia. It was constituted in November 1955, in Surabaya as the Supreme Council of Indonesian Bishops ( MAWI/Majelis Agung Waligereja Indonesia ). KWI is a part of the Federation of Asian ...
Siti Musdah Mulia in 2007. Siti Musdah Mulia (born 1958) is an Indonesian women's rights activist and professor of religion. She was the first woman appointed as a research professor at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and is currently a lecturer of Islamic political thought at the School of Graduate Studies at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University.