Daniel Byantoro

Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro (; born in Java, 1956) is an Indonesian bishop as well as founder of the Indonesian Orthodox Church. He served in Most Holy Trinity Parish, Banjarsari, Surakarta and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Jalan Lengkong Raya, Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten.

Early life

Byantoro was born to a middle-class family in Indonesia.

In 1978, Byantoro studied in Protestant Theological Seminary, the Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission, (ACTS) in Seoul, South Korea. In 1982, he found The Orthodox Church by Kallistos Ware in a bookshop in Seoul, who introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to him. On September 6, 1983, he converted to the Orthodox Church with the blessing of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch Demetrios and Metropolitan Bishop Dionysius of New Zealand and chrismated by Archimandrite Sotirios Trambas (Zelon Bishop, serving in Korea).

Byantoro completed his education in Korea, then travelled to Greece and the United States before returning to Indonesia.

Jurisdictional changes and episcopal consecration Though not canonically released from the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, Byantoro is officially regarded as defrocked by OMHKSEA In 2019, he and some of the clergy left ROCOR for the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece. In 2023, he was consecrated bishop of Jakarta.