Jakarta Cathedral
| Jakarta Cathedral | |
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| Gereja Katedral Jakarta (Indonesian) Gereja Santa Perawan Maria Diangkat Ke Surga (Indonesian) De Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming (Dutch) |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Sawah Besar Subdistrict, Central Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Geographic coordinates | Coordinates: 6°10′9.31″S 106°49′59.23″E / 6.1692528°S 106.8331194°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Year consecrated | 1901 |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.katedraljakarta.or.id/ |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Antonius Dijkmans |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Neo-Gothic |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Construction cost | 628,000 Dutch Guldens (in 1891) |
| Specifications | |
| Direction of façade | West |
| Length | 60 metres |
| Width | 10 metres |
| Height (max) | 60 metres |
| Spire(s) | 3 |
| Spire height | 60 metres |
| Materials | bricks covered with plaster, teak roof construction, and iron construction spires. |
Jakarta Cathedral (Indonesian: Gereja Katedral 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. Its official name is Gereja Santa Perawan Maria Diangkat Ke Surga (from Dutch, De Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming, in English: The Church of Our Lady of Assumption). This current cathedral was consecrated in 1901 and built in the neo-gothic style, a common architectural style to build churches at that time. The Jakarta Cathedral is located in Central Jakarta near Merdeka Square and Merdeka Palace, it stands right in the front of the Istiqlal Mosque.
After the arrival of Dutch East India Company in 1619, the Roman Catholic Church was banned in the East Indies and only survived in Flores and Timor. The Netherlands was known to support Protestantism and tried to limit the influence and authority of the Holy See. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Netherlands fell under the French Empire, including its possession, the colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte installed his Catholic younger brother Louis Napoleon (Dutch: Lodewijk) as the King of The Netherlands. Since then, the Catholic Church has been free to operate in the East Indies.
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