Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan
Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan | |
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| Bishop of Malang | |
 Gunawan in 2016 | |
| 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 | 13 July 1955 |
| 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.
Biography
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Bishop Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan, O. Carm". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "BISHOP HENRICUS PIDYARTO GUNAWAN, O.CARM". Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Pesta Perak Imamat" (in Indonesian). 20 February 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Putra, ed. (26 June 2016). "Pemimpin Tahta Suci Angkat Dr. Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm Sebagai Uskup Malang" (in Indonesian). Kupang Tribun News. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Rinuncia del Vescovo di Malang (Indonesia) e nomina del successore" (PDF) (in Italian). 28 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Hariyadi, Mathias (28 June 2016). "Uskup Baru Keuskupan Malang: Sekilas Riwayat Hidup Mgr. Henricus Pidyarto Gunawan O.Carm" (in Indonesian). SESAWI.NET. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ C. Wardjoko (1 April 2007). "Buah Dedikasi Total" (in Indonesian). Hidup Katolik. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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