Paul Boedhie Kleden

Paul Boedhie Kleden, S.V.D. (born 1965), is an Indonesian prelate of the Catholic Church. A professed member of the Society of the Divine Word (or Verbites), he has been appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende on 25 May 2024. From 2018 to 2024, he served as superior general of his congregation.

Biography
Paul Budi Kleden was born on 16 November 1965 in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, where he was raised and received his early education. After his graduation from the minor seminary of Santo Domingo in Hokeng, he joined the Verbite novitiate in Ledalero, Flores. He also studied philosophy at the San Paulus Major Seminary and theology at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule St. Gabriel in Mödling, Austria. He gave his solemn perpetual oath as a Verbite member on 1992 and was ordained a priest on 19 May 1993. He then served as a parish vicar in Basel, Switzerland (1993–1996). He received a doctoral degree in dogmatic theology from the University of Freiburg in 2000. He then returned to Indonesia, where he served as lecturer in theology at the major seminary of Ledalero, Maumere (2001–2012). He was named member of the Provincial Council (2005–2008) member of the General Council of the S.V.D. (2012–2018) and superior general of Society of the Divine Word (2018-2024).

On 25 May 2024, Pope Francis appointed Kleden as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ende.

His solemn episcopal consecration and installation as metropolitan archbishop will be on 22 August 2024.