Antonius Subianto Bunjamin


Antonius Subianto Bunjamin

Bishop of Bandung
President of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia
DioceseBandung
Appointed3 June 2014
Installed25 August 2014
PredecessorJohannes Pujasumarta
Orders
Ordination26 June 1996
by Alexander Djajasiswaja
Consecration25 August 2014
by Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo
Personal details
Born (1968-02-14) 14 February 1968
Bandung, Indonesia
Education
MottoUt diligatis invicem
(Latin for 'So that you love one another')

Antonius Subianto Bunjamin OSC (born 14 February 1968) is an Indonesian Catholic prelate who has served as bishop of Bandung since 2014. He has also been the president of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia since 2022, having previously served as its secretary general from 2015 to 2022.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1996, Bunjamin was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bandung, Indonesia in 2014 succeeding Johannes Pujasumarta.[1]

The Vatican appointed Bunjamin as Apostolic Visitator to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruteng in 2017,[2] and to the Archdiocese of Merauke in 2019.[3]

Background

Bunjamin was born on 14 February 1968 in Bandung, West Java.[4] When he was a child, he was nicknamed beke, a Sundanese word which means short, because compared to his friends, Bunyamin was short.[5] He grew up in the Parish of Santa Odilia, Cicadas.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Bishop Antonius Franciskus Subianto Bunyamin, O.S.C."
  2. ^ "Vatican investigates Indonesian bishop accused of having an affair and misappropriating church funds".
  3. ^ "Senior Indonesian prelate fired over alleged mismanagement".
  4. ^ a b "Lebih Dekat dengan Uskup Bandung: MGR. Dr. Antonius Subianto Bunyamin OSC - SESAWI.NET". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Beke Menjadi Uskup Bandung". 17 August 2014.