Archdiocese of Medan

• 30 June 1911: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sumatra from the Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia • 27 December 1923: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Padang • 18 July 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Padang • 23 December 1941: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Medan • 3 January 1961: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Medan ==Leadership==

• Archbishops of Medan (Roman rite) • Archbishop Kornelius Sipayung, OFMCap (8 December 2018 - now) • Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, OFMCap (12 February 2009 – 7 December 2018 retired) • Archbishop Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, OFMCap (24 May 1976 – 12 February 2009 retired) • Archbishop Antoine Henri van den Hurk, OFMCap (3 January 1961 – 24 May 1976) • Vicars Apostolic of Medan (Roman Rite) • Bishop Antoine Henri van den Hurk, OFMCap (later Archbishop) (1 January 1955 – 3 January 1961) • Bishop Mattia Leonardo Trudone Brans, OFMCap (23 December 1941 – 1954) • Vicars Apostolic of Padang (Roman Rite) • Bishop Mattia Leonardo Trudone Brans, OFMCap (18 July 1932 – 23 December 1941) • Prefects Apostolic of Padang (Roman Rite) • Bishop Mattia Leonardo Trudone Brans, OFMCap (22 July 1921 – 18 July 1932) • Prefects Apostolic of Sumatra (Roman Rite) • Fr. Liberato da Exel, OFMCap (1916 – 1921) • Fr. Giacomo Cluts, OFMCap (1911 – 1916) ==Suffragan dioceses==

• Padang • Sibolga ==References ==