The Cathedral of Saint Joseph[1] (Indonesian: Katedral Santo Yosef) or simply Pontianak Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Pontianak,[2] West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
[3] It is the mother church and seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak.
[4] An apostolic prefecture for what was then called Dutch Borneo was erected in 1905, and the Capuchins established themselves in Pontianak.
The new cathedral church, which opened December 19, 2014, is one of the largest in the region.
It was elevated to cathedral status on January 3, 1961 with the elevation of Pontianak as an archdiocese (Archidioecesis Pontianakensis or Keuskupan Agung Pontianak) through the bull "Quod Christus" Of Pope John XXIII.