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Catedral Church of St. Joseph

Tourist attraction Cathedral Catholic cathedral

One of the Best Places To Visits in Pontianak


Address

Jl. Pattimura Indah No.195, Darat Sekip, Kec. Pontianak Kota, Kota Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat 78011, Indonesia

Website

www.katedralsantoyosefpontianak.com

Contact

+62 561 734739

Rating on Google Maps

4.90 (3K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Friday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Saturday: 8 am to 12 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Tuesday: 8 am to 2 pm
  • Wednesday: 8 am to 2 pm

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  • 5/5 Francis Wong Foodie & t. 6 years ago on Google • 203 reviews
    This Cathedral has a Great design, exterior and interior. From the magnificant front door to the altar. It has a seat for about 3000 person. It has an elevator and special seat for the elderly people and people with wheelchair. It has an air conditioner too. It is a very comfortable place for praying. If you are a Catholic, I suggest you to visit is the adoration room at the right wings of the altar, room beside the choir seats. It is a great place for meditation and pray. You can feel the aura of the holiness surrounding you there.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 R S. 5 months ago on Google • 397 reviews
    The biggest Catholic Church in Pontianak City, West Borneo.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Endi S. 1 year ago on Google • 110 reviews
    There are 2 lots in the northern wall of this huge cathedral that listed down all the people who contributed their charity to build it. A roughly calculation of almost 1,000 names of people, foundations, commercial corporations, plus NN or anonymous people could be read. So it is part of the community efforts 👍👍👍 This hopefully also be the example of how we as a huge community could help the most important part of the church herself: the less fortunate people.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Paulus M. S. 4 years ago on Google
    It was about 3 or 4 years ago when I visited Pontianak for business. I saw it for the first time when I was on my way from the airport to my office. It attracted me very much, and I was surprised when the driver told me it was a Catholic church. It is not just a chuch. It is a Cathedral. I got two words expressing my admiration : large and luxurious. After watching it for several times just from outside, I had time in Friday morning to attend daily morning mass : I proved by myself, how beautiful this church is. High quality in its every part. Someone there told me that the main entrance door made from "belian wood", a kind of wood that cannot be weathered, sent to Jepara in Central Java to be carved there (Jepara is a small town in Java which is famous with fine and artistic carving works).... He told me also, the Cathedral was designed by a local architect, who did a deep observation in Vatican before....
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Agoezzt 1 year ago on Google • 90 reviews
    I agree with the opinion: this is the most beautiful (catholic) cathedral in Indonesia which built in 21 century. It cannot be directly compared with the cathedral of Jakarta which already established a hundred years ago. The high altar, the paintings, the dome, the steps, the details, the color... etc very supportive to build a praying circumstances (at least for me).
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eric A. 5 years ago on Google • 26 reviews
    St. Cathedral Church Yoseph Pontianak stands very majestic, it is claimed to be the largest and most luxurious catholic church in Indonesia. The architecture of this church is indeed amazing. There are also dome along with excellent paintings. It was fortunate to be able to attend mass at this place in the afternoon, because the lights also started
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 PejuangReceh 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The most magnificent church in West Kalimantan with ornaments resembling a church in the vatican. If you want mass here, be there 30 minutes earlier or maybe 1 hour from the time the mass starts, because there are so many people at the mass. But if it's too late there is still hope for mass, just sitting on the second floor. Oh yes, I share a special prayer place "Plaza BUNDA MARIA" Until you complain and be happy with Him. (Original) Gereja Termegah Di Kalimantan Barat dengan ornamen menyerupai gereja di vatikan. Kalo ingin misa disini hadirlah 30menit lebih awal atau mungkin 1 jam dari waktu dimulai misa, sebab umat yang misa Sangat banyak. Namun kalo memang sudah terlambat masih ada Harapan Untuk misa hanya saja duduk di lantai 2. Oh iya Ini aku bagikan Tempat berdoa khusus "Plaza BUNDA MARIA" Sampai kan Keluh kesah serta Bahagia mu PadaNYA.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Lia K. 2 years ago on Google
    One word : MAJESTIC Great building design, both exterior & interior.. So lucky to be able to attend Christmas Eve mass there..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xtian H. 1 year ago on Google
    The cathedral very big and sacralized.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Fransiskus Muliadi (Fa. M. 1 year ago on Google
    Magnificient cathedral in Pontianak city.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 aang f. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) St. Joseph Cathedral Church is one of the cathedrals in the Province of West Kalimantan. Having a magnificent architecture is one of the characteristics of this church which is the pride of Catholics in West Kalimantan in general and in Pontianak in particular ... Including myself, who almost every Sunday never forget to Mass here 🙏✝️ Shalom .. (Original) Gereja Katedral Santo Yoseph adalah Salah satu katedral yg berada di Propinsi Kalbar.. Memiliki arsitektur yg megah adalah salah satu ciri dari Gereja ini yg menjadi Kebanggaan umat Katolik di Kalbar pada umumnya dan di Pontianak pada khususnya... Termasuk saya sendiri,yg hampir tiap Minggu tak pernah lupa untuk Misa di sini 🙏✝️ Shalom..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vee T. 4 years ago on Google
    A lovely place I must say. It is always nice to see the architecture and the interior. The decorations are also really good and eye catching especially on some special event like Easter or Christmas. I love to attend a mass here. Love to see the colorful reflection from the glass windows. It is also air-conditioned so it is really comfortable for people who bring also babies,kids or elders. They also have seats for elders so they don't have to feel difficult to find a place to sit.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jee 4 years ago on Google • 98 reviews
    Large and impressive building. Large colourful stained glass window panes of the 12 apostles watching over the congregation area. Dome ceiling covered by paintings depicting episodes from the holy scripture. Mid size sculpture of the last supper displayed under the main table. Impressive and well worth a visit.

  • 5/5 Bernardus K. 1 year ago on Google • 38 reviews
    The place is very luxurious and you can see all the details on the design in the dome as well as the wall inside of the church. I would say that this is one of the best cathedrals that I've ever visited. Would definitely go back and join weekly mass here

  • 4/5 Seander A. 5 years ago on Google • 38 reviews
    This Catholic church has a beautiful both interior and exterior design aside from the modern architecture, this church still has the gothic and old church design. Facilities in this church is top notch with full television, projector, air conditioner, elevator for elders, basement, store to purchase amazing decorations and accessories, great toilet quality, emergency ambulance and health unit, highly facilitated audio (Bose speakers), Yamaha Electone organ, Yamaha PSR S series and Yamaha Clavinova digital piano, and others. This church gives the best of the best facility and quality a church can give in Pontianak. The weekly mass starts on Saturday 6 PM continues on Sunday from 6 AM, 8.30 AM, 4.30 PM and 7 PM. The problems that I usually find in this Church are the air conditioner sometimes doesn't work well, the delay of the lyrics/text on the projector and sometimes the Church is too crowd so it will be hard to get in and out, especially during big events. Overall this is a recommended place to attend mass nor to visit it as a recreational place (if there is no mass). I give this God's throne 4/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • 5/5 Jenny J. 11 months ago on Google • 15 reviews
    We had the chance to visit this church during our trip to Pontianak recently. So big and amazingly beautiful. You can visit this church anytime during daytime and say prayers inside the church. we met a few church members and had a chat with the security guard Toyo. They also have mother Mary statue outside for people to pray.

  • 5/5 Lo A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A church that must be visited if you are in the city of Pontianak (Original) Gereja yg wajib dikunjungi kalo ada ke kota Pontianak

  • 5/5 Laurensius Filino F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Magnificent church building ... 👍👍👍 (Original) Bangunan gereja yang megah... 👍👍👍

  • 5/5 Lensa S. 3 years ago on Google
    I Hope🙏

  • 4/5 Dedi Walandow T. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) located in downtown pontianak. including the largest church also in West Kalimantan. (Original) berada di pusat kota pontianak. termasuk gereja terbesar juga di kalimantan barat.

  • 5/5 Matius Tio D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The grandest place of worship in Southeast Asia (Original) Tempat ibadah termegah di Asia Tenggara

  • 5/5 palamba k. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Calm and disciplined. (Original) Tenang dan disiplin.

  • 5/5 Sukanto H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Quiet and peaceful (Original) Tenang dan damai

  • 4/5 Sitrayed 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Just dropping off friends. The place is cool and popular (Original) Hanya mengantar teman. Tempatnya asik dan populer

  • 5/5 Astrimelda 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The cathedral is cool, magnificent and comfortable for prayer. The statue of Maria is cool too. Very luxurious architecture (Original) Katedral keren, megah dan nyaman buat doa. Patung maria pun keren. Arsitektur mewah bangett

  • 5/5 Jumai R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Dull (Original) Duf

  • 5/5 Sher L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Large and very nice places of worship have parking lots and specialty shops selling a wide variety of accessories and worship supplies (Original) Tempat ibadah yang besar dan sangat bagus memiliki tempat parkir dan toko khusus menjual berbagai macam aksesoris dan perlengkapan ibadah

  • 5/5 maryanto m. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The largest church of Pontianak (Original) Gereja terbesar pontianak

  • 5/5 Wenz C. 3 years ago on Google
    Awsome building..

  • 5/5 Jisan Y. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The cathedral church with the best and complete services. (Original) Gereja katedral dengan layanan terbaik dan lengkap.

  • 5/5 The Traveling C. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful cathedral, newly rebuilt circa 2013 and inaugurated in 2014, a catholic church that is popular among the locals not only for praying and christening, especially for wedding sacrament. Classic Roman cathedral style for its architecture combined with local Dayak tribe architecture style, it's used to be built in 1908 before being demolished in 2011 and rebuilt. The church has several upgrade, especially for the elderly with designated seat and elevator, and has AirCon. There is a big sculpture of Santo Yosef outside the church.

  • 5/5 Andrean A. 4 years ago on Google
    A beautiful church in the middle of Pontianak. Originaly built in 1909, it was renovated in 2015 because of the deterioration of the old church's structure and its incapibility to hold the increasing number of the parishioners. The old church was torn down piece by piece and the materials was reused to built another church in other town. The Cathedral was design in neo-byzantine architecture with chinese and dayak ornaments. It has since become one of the main landmark in Pontianak city. The church is fully air conditioned. So you will have a very confortable mass here. But expect the church to be filled with parishioners every sunday and saturday. So make sure to come at least 30 minutes earlier.

  • 5/5 Yulianto M. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful architecture is done with traditional mixed style.

  • 5/5 Bogdan P. 1 year ago on Google
    A surprise in a 90% muslim city. Impressive!

  • 5/5 Inneke S. C. 1 year ago on Google
    Heritage place at Pontianak Inside their altar so beautiful, so peacefull

  • 5/5 Teguh Suharto U. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Cool (Original) Keren

  • 5/5 liang t. 3 years ago on Google
    largest catholic church in the city. Open to everyone with plenty of reserved parking spots in the church. it's in the middle of the city and not tall enough for cityscapes viewing but the church itself is so grand and huge that you'll focus on just the church itself. rear entrance connects to a catholic school.

  • 5/5 PoullyHB G. 4 years ago on Google
    One of beautiful Catholic cathedral in Indonesia... Nice ambience... Love Indonesia Harmony in Diversity...

  • 4/5 Awal S. 4 years ago on Google
    A church where Catholics worship. This church is very large and has a large parking area behind it. This place also has an elevator to go to the top floor of the church. This church has a very beautiful and religious style of Roman architecture. You can also see swallows flying inside because they make a nest on it.

  • 5/5 Irsan S. 4 years ago on Google
    Catholic church in Pontianak. It's the biggest cathedral in South East Asia.. some friends told me.

  • 5/5 Tiffany Jocelyn D. 3 years ago on Google
    Salah satu Gereja Katolik di Pontianak yang besar, bersih, AC yang memadai, umat bisa memilih tempat duduk di lantai atas juga. Namun untuk situasi covid sekarang ini, semua umat harus duduk sesuai protokol pemerintah. Para Pastor dan Suster di Gereja Katedral sangat ramah dan penuh kehangatan, tata tertib bagus dan ketat, ada tersedia ruang UKS bila ada yang merasa sakit saat ibadah sedang berlangsung, ada toilet yang bersih, dan ada tersedia Lapangan Parkir di bawah tanah. Namun sayangnya tidak cukup memadai utk diparkir oleh umat yang banyak. Sehingga harus parkir di halaman sekolah St. Paulus. Overall, i like this Church.

  • 5/5 moment t. 3 years ago on Google
    Tempat nya megah dan sangat nyaman

  • 5/5 Akhmad Zaki Y. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The building design is nice, majestic and looks luxurious. (Original) Desain bangunannya bagus, megah dan kelihatan mewah.

  • 3/5 bangkek#chanelsport 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Because it is close to campus and low costs (Original) Karena dekat dengan kampus dan biaya murah

  • 5/5 Frans B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Must come early (1 hour before mass), if you want to sit in the dalem d (Original) Harus Dateng lebih awal (1 jam sblm misa), kalau mau duduk di dalem😌

  • 5/5 MARIA F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The church is fine like the churches in Rome Italy (Original) Gerejanya baguuss seperti gereja2 di roma itali

  • 4/5 Daniel Parulian Siringo R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good (Original) Baik

  • 5/5 Paskalia Alun B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Clean, beautiful, comfortable to worship (Original) Bersih, indah, nyaman untuk beribadah

  • 5/5 Zhuge L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Magnificent (Original) Megah

  • 5/5 Yoseph Bambang Sulistyanto T. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The place is magnificent and beautiful, comfortable for prayer (Original) Tempatnya megah dan indah, nyaman utk berdoa

  • 5/5 Leonardus A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Favorite place in Pontianak (Original) Tempat favorit di Pontianak

  • 5/5 Manis M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Slam from east flores ende Grja saint yosep cathedral is the largest in palau kalimamatan (Original) Slam dari timur flores ende Grja katedral santo yosep terbesar di palau kalimamatan

  • 5/5 כריסטינה �. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A place of worship that is very comfortable and quiet and peaceful when you are in adultery m the building (Original) Tempat ibadah yg sangat nyaman dan tenang dan damai bila qt beradadidl m gedung tsb

  • 5/5 Yudha C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The largest cathedral church on the island of Borneo, located in West Kalimantan, is very happy to be able to hold mass at this church, God Bles 🤗 (Original) Sebuah Gereja Katedral Terbesar di Pulau Kalimantan yang terletak di Kalimantan Barat, senang sekali bisa menjalankan misa di Gereja ini, God Bles 🤗

  • 5/5 Didiek W. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Big and majestic, a form of solidarity with fellow religions (Original) Besar dan megah, bentuk solidaritas sesama pemeluk agama

  • 5/5 marsianus s. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful (Original) Indah

  • 5/5 Yan S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The grandest church on Borneo. Extraordinarily nice and beautiful this church. May the people who pray also receive abundant grace and blessings. (Original) Gereja termegah di bumi borneo. Luar biasa bagus dan indah gereja ini. Semoga umat yg berdoa jg mendapat rahmat dan berkat yg melimpah.

  • 4/5 Erwan H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The largest Catholic church in West Kalimantan with magnificent buildings and stunning architectural designs (Original) Gereja Katolik terbesar di Kalimantan barat dengan bangunan yg megah dan desain arsitektur yang mantep

  • 5/5 Gresiska R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Incredibleeee (Original) Luar biasaaaa

  • 5/5 Janne H. 3 years ago on Google
    Truly damn amazing!! This is the big version of Blenduk Church.

  • 5/5 Dedek F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The best service ... Selling prayer tools are very complete. May be blessed always (Original) Pelayanan the best... Jualan alat doa sgt lengkap. Semoga diberkati selalu

  • 5/5 ELVRIOZ G. 3 years ago on Google
    🎄

  • 5/5 Freddy C. 6 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Beautiful place, like a drawing picture, must go place!


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    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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