indonesian santo known catholic church indonesia church city joseph parish constructed meet needs growing catholic population red brick church building designed dutch architect built cost church grew extensively following years dominated ethnic europeans persons mixed descent later having majority indigenous congregation catholic population grew size parish diminished new ones established church complex consists things church building convent joseph highly decorated including nineteen stained glass windows including dedicated church patron saint joseph carvings showing fourteen altar imported germany single tower home bells produced history catholicism roman_catholic_church entered dutch_east_indies indonesia early 19th century father sent netherlands indies pastor surrounding settlements including quickly established council handling religious duties began following year fourteen people dutch baptised congregation church pray congregation nearby building intended services held homes members congregation august mass held new home near congregation required church building owned land catholics purchased hospital surrounding land near harbour established insufficient clergy development congregation pastor left indies netherlands convinced join indies develop congregation education ministry returning indies designs church building convent established new church church designed dutch architect style construction costs funded partly colonial government sale unused land donations catholics colony stone laid pastor october construction continued smoothly nearly completed tower collapsed reasons forward including insufficient frame poor quality bricks collapse design church modified lower construction undertaken bricks imported netherlands ballast ships construction building completed december church blessed catholic church city served european mixed descent additions interior quarter century new gothic altar produced germany installed years later communion bench installed tower given clock bells period clock removed machinery broken died parish priest line jesuit continues present day soon elected provincial superior province spent time away church catholics approximately thousand years earlier colonial military replaced death headed church seven years tenure church surrounding grounds expanded significantly construction multi story began 1880s completed august street established elementary school began construction chapel convent opened august period church building received stained glass windows new construction continued 20th century pipe organ installed restored remains poor condition installed year carvings depicting fourteen growth indigenous population close 19th century catholic church indies began targeting majority muslim indigenous population protestant missionaries success respectively stepping head pastor sent letter netherlands asking men sent learn language order enable preach people translate prayer books sent studied period year ultimately successful establishing school train teachers hoped spread catholicism teaching duties eventually led establishment established number catholic schools java furthermore spearheaded mass baptism near total baptised efforts eventually returned established school parish early 20th century catholic population large support multiple parishes chapel southern elevated status parish church dedicated church area western established parish church parishes established following decades parish churches city serving parts recommendation divided capital new newly appointed vicar seat church lived colonial period march indies occupied occupation government captured numerous dutch men women clergy instituted policies changed services held forbade use dutch services writing seized church properties including protected clergy european head confined ultimately august ethnic took parish duties addition work vicar promoted non compliance japanese demands considered damaging church endorsed collaboration instance february latin language mass delivered bishop nagasaki august shortly atomic bombings hiroshima nagasaki japan defeat increasing certainty president proclaimed independence indonesian state ongoing revolution returning dutch forces europeans detained dutch head remained post revolution politics european population independent indonesia ensured congregation remained dominated indigenous peoples 1950s 1960s remained center catholic activity jesuit provincial superior continued placed moved church sent central offices remained church grounds new office opened construction continued office building named completed august renovations church building took place early 1990s church continues hold regular services including sundays description located east street central java parish joseph red brick building seat people faces west windows sides entrances north south west roof white cross vault supported columns interior church nineteen stained glass windows altar church building windows altar focus depict right left holy family egypt daily lives holy family death joseph sixteen windows sides church closest altar closest doors depict remaining windows depict single saint including ornamentation walls includes carvings depicting fourteen holding paintings illustrating lord prayer bread life discourse praise christ mary altar eastern end church altar imported germany decorated statues peter paul tower home cast iron bells measuring centimetres height centimetres wide base measuring centimetres height centimetres diameter base bells produced april exported brothers inscribed dedication latin stating bells donated born named bells decorated engraved plants crosses bells installed accompanied clock years machinery wore replaced round face decorated short meaning jesus men north church proper established august story building high foundation marble stories high ceilings metres floor north building containing offices parish council administrative needs west street convent neo gothic chapel
St. Joseph's Church, Semarang