Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan | |
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Bishop of Malang | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Diocese of Malang |
In office | 2016– |
Predecessor | Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro O.Carm. |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 February 1982 [1] |
Consecration | 3 September 2016
[1] by Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Motto | Fideliter Praedicare Evangelium Christi (Faithfully Preaching the Gospel of Christ) |
Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm. (born 13 July 1955) is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Gunawan was born on 13 July 1955 to a Chinese Indonesian family in the city of Malang. Gunawan joined the Order of Carmelites on 15 January 1976, and took his solemn vows as a member on 18 January 1981. [2] On 7 February 1982 he was ordained a priest, [1] by then bishop of Malang Franciscus Xaverius Sudartanta Hadisumarta. [3] He has a brother, Antonius Maria Kristijanto Anton Gunawan, who also became a Carmelite priest. Antonius died on 2 October 2015. [4]
Following his ordination as priest, Gunawan continued his education, studying for his master's degree in the field of Scripture at the Pontifical Bible Institute in Rome and graduated in 1986. [5] In 1990, he completed his doctoral program in Biblical Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, also in Rome. [6]
Gunawan taught New Testament theology at the Widya Sasana seminary. On March 14, 2007, at a ceremony that took place at the Surya Wacana Seminary Hall next to STFT Widya Sasana, Gunawan along with Prof. DR. Berthold Anton Pareira were honored. [7]
From 2012 until his ordination as bishop, Gunawan was president of the Philosophical and Theological Higher Institute ‘Widya Sasana’. [2]
On 28 June 2016, Pope Francis nominated Gunawan bishop of the diocese of Malang, [2] to replace Herman Pandoyoputro. Gunawan was ordained by Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo on 7 February 1982 in Stade Gajayana, Malang, with the co-consecrators being Antonius Subianto Bunjamin and Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono. [1]
Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan | |
---|---|
Bishop of Malang | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Diocese of Malang |
In office | 2016– |
Predecessor | Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro O.Carm. |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 February 1982 [1] |
Consecration | 3 September 2016
[1] by Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Motto | Fideliter Praedicare Evangelium Christi (Faithfully Preaching the Gospel of Christ) |
Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm. (born 13 July 1955) is an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.
Gunawan was born on 13 July 1955 to a Chinese Indonesian family in the city of Malang. Gunawan joined the Order of Carmelites on 15 January 1976, and took his solemn vows as a member on 18 January 1981. [2] On 7 February 1982 he was ordained a priest, [1] by then bishop of Malang Franciscus Xaverius Sudartanta Hadisumarta. [3] He has a brother, Antonius Maria Kristijanto Anton Gunawan, who also became a Carmelite priest. Antonius died on 2 October 2015. [4]
Following his ordination as priest, Gunawan continued his education, studying for his master's degree in the field of Scripture at the Pontifical Bible Institute in Rome and graduated in 1986. [5] In 1990, he completed his doctoral program in Biblical Theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, also in Rome. [6]
Gunawan taught New Testament theology at the Widya Sasana seminary. On March 14, 2007, at a ceremony that took place at the Surya Wacana Seminary Hall next to STFT Widya Sasana, Gunawan along with Prof. DR. Berthold Anton Pareira were honored. [7]
From 2012 until his ordination as bishop, Gunawan was president of the Philosophical and Theological Higher Institute ‘Widya Sasana’. [2]
On 28 June 2016, Pope Francis nominated Gunawan bishop of the diocese of Malang, [2] to replace Herman Pandoyoputro. Gunawan was ordained by Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo on 7 February 1982 in Stade Gajayana, Malang, with the co-consecrators being Antonius Subianto Bunjamin and Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono. [1]