Bishop Ladjar

Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar

Jl. Kesehatan No. 6 Dok II, P.O. BOX 1379, Jayapura 99112, Papua, Indonesia

(62) 967-536411, 533092, 533277

Fax : (62) 967-536427

leolladjar@jayapura.wasantara.net.id

Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar, OFM, was born in Baoraja, Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara province, on Nov. 4, 1943. He was ordained a Franciscan priest on June 29, 1975. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Jayapura by Pope John Paul II on Jan. 6, 1994, and he was ordained a bishop three months later on April 10. He was appointed Bishop of Jayapura on Aug. 10, 1997. During a formal ceremony of "canonical possession" held at Christ the King Cathedral in Jayapura on Sept. 21 that year, his missionary predecessor, Franciscan Bishop Herman Farina Marie Manning, turned over leadership of the diocese to its first native Indonesian bishop.

Previous Ordinaries:

• Bishop H.F.M. Munninghoff, OFM (1972-1997)
• Bishop R.J. Staverman, OFM (1966-1972)