TANDJUNG-KARANG [BANDAR LAMPUNG], PREFECTURE APOSTOLIC OF. - In the southern part of the island of Sumatra.

It comprises the residency of Teluk-Betung (formerly Lampong) and the district of Kroe (from the residency of Benkulu), detached from the mission of Palembang and erected into an apostolic prefecture on 19 June 1952. Like the mother mission, it is entrusted to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It has an area of 35,000 sq km. At the time of its erection, out of a total population of about 1,000,000 inhabitants, Catholics numbered 2,015; there were 6 priests, 1 lay brother, 9 seminarians, and 22 sisters. Among the works were 2 colleges, 2 hospitals, 1 orphanage, and 8 sacred buildings including churches and chapels. The schools: 7 elementary and 3 middle schools.

The evangelization of T. is very recent; the faithful are almost all gathered in four Christian communities: T. K., founded in 1928; Pringsewu, founded in 1932; Metro, founded in 1937, and Teluk-Betung, founded in 1949. The Christian community of Pasuruan, founded in 1938, was destroyed and then abandoned during the war and has not yet been reopened: the Catholics moved to Metro.

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BIBL.: Arch. di Prop. Fide, Incarto erec. T. 1958; AAS, 44 (1952), pp. 760-61.

Adamo Pucci

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Tandjung-Karang [Bandar Lampung], Prefecture Apostolic of

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