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”’Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara”’, {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM Cap]]}} (12 February 1934 – 17 October 2025) was the Indonesian [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan|Archdiocese of Medan]] from 1976 to 2009. |
”’Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara”’, {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFM Cap]]}} (12 February 1934 – 17 October 2025) was the Indonesian [[Roman Catholic]] archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan|Archdiocese of Medan]] from 1976 to 2009. |
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Datubara was born in Lawe Bekung<ref name=”ch”/> in [[Gouvernment of Atjeh and Dependencies|Atjeh]], [[Dutch East Indies]] (present-day [[Aceh]], Indonesia), and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as the titular bishop of the [[Herceg Novi]] in 1975. In 1976 at the age of 42 Datubara was installed as the first native-born Indonesian Archbishop of Medan succeeding [[Antoine Henri van den Hurk]]. He held the title of archbishop until 2009 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archbishop Emeritus Datubara Alfred Gonti Pius|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/archbishop-emeritus-datubara-alfred-gonti-pius/1914|work=UCAN News|accessdate=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203500/http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/archbishop-emeritus-datubara-alfred-gonti-pius/1914|archive-date=17 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin]].<ref name=”ch”/> He died on 17 October 2025 in [[Medan]], at the age of 91. |
Datubara was born in Lawe Bekung<ref name=”ch”/> in [[Gouvernment of Atjeh and Dependencies|Atjeh]], [[Dutch East Indies]] (present-day [[Aceh]], Indonesia), and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as the titular bishop of the [[Herceg Novi]] in 1975. In 1976 at the age of 42 Datubara was installed as the first native-born Indonesian Archbishop of Medan succeeding [[Antoine Henri van den Hurk]]. He held the title of archbishop until 2009 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archbishop Emeritus Datubara Alfred Gonti Pius|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/archbishop-emeritus-datubara-alfred-gonti-pius/1914|work=UCAN News|accessdate=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203500/http://directory.ucanews.com/previous/archbishop-emeritus-datubara-alfred-gonti-pius/1914|archive-date=17 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin]].<ref name=”ch”/> He died on 17 October 2025 in [[Medan]], at the age of 91. |
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20th and 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishop
Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, OFM Cap (12 February 1934 – 17 October 2025) was the Indonesian Roman Catholic archbishop of Archdiocese of Medan from 1976 to 2009.
Datubara was born in Lawe Bekung[1] in Atjeh, Dutch East Indies (present-day Aceh, Indonesia), and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as the titular bishop of the Herceg Novi in 1975. In 1976 at the age of 42 Datubara was installed as the first native-born Indonesian Archbishop of Medan succeeding Antoine Henri van den Hurk. He held the title of archbishop until 2009 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.[2] He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.[1] He died on 17 October 2025 in Medan, at the age of 91.[3]
