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Seno Ngutra

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Seno Ngutra
Bishop of Amboina
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Amboina
Predecessor Petrus Canisius Mandagi
Orders
Ordination 6 October 2001
by Petrus Canisius Mandagi
Consecration 23 April 2022
by Piero Pioppo
Personal details
Born 7 November 1970
Waur, Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto Duc in altum (Luke 5:4)

Seno "Inno" Ngutra (born 7 November 1970) is the Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Amboina, being appointed in 2021.[1]

Born in the town of Waur in Maluku, after high school Ngutra entered the St. Yudas Tadeus Minor Seminary in Langgur and he studied Philosophy and Theology in the interdiocesan Major Seminary of Pineleng in Manado. He was ordained a priest on 6 October 2001 for the diocese of Amboina.[2]

In December 2021, it was announced that Ngutra had been appointed as the fourth Bishop of Amboina, succeeding Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.[3] Prior to becoming Bishop of Amboina, he was Secretary of the Diocese of Amboina as well as a Lecturer in Law at St. Francis Xavier's Higher Seminary Church, Poka Rumah Tiga, Ambon. He also worked as a parish priest and a canon law lawyer.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Nomina del Vescovo di Amboina (Indonesia)" (in Italian). Vatican Press. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 "ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Amboina". 9 December 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. Back to citation Hariyadi, Mathias (8 December 2021). "Mgr. Seno Ngutra Pr, Putera Langgur Maluku Tenggara Jadi Uskup Keuskupan Amboina" (in Indonesian). SESAWI. Retrieved 17 June 2022.