Diocese of Aitape
| Diocese of Aitape | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Madang |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Austen Robin Crapp OFM |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 18,200 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 191,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 144,488 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 75.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,027 |
| Friars | 41 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Ignatius Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's House, PO Box 179, Aitape, Sandaun Province, PNG 553, Papua New Guinea |
| Website | http://www.global.net.pg/diocese_of_aitape/aitape.htm |
The Bistum Aitape ( lat. : Dioecesis Aitapensis ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Aitape . It is located in the Sandaun Province in the northwestern part of Papua New Guinea.
history
Pope Pius XII founded with the Apostolic Constitution Ad latius prolatandam on May 15, 1952 the Apostolic Prefecture Aitape from territory ceded by the Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea . With the Apostolic Constitution Laetissimi semper she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate on November 11, 1956 .
It lost part of the territory on September 13, 1963 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Vanimo . On November 15, 1966, it was elevated to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Laeta Incrementa .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Aitape
- Ignatius John Doggett OFM (May 15, 1952 - November 11, 1956)
Vicar Apostolic of Aitape
- Ignatius John Doggett OFM (November 11, 1956 - November 15, 1966)
Bishops of Aitape
- Ignatius John Doggett OFM (November 15, 1966 - June 6, 1969, resigned)
- William Kevin Rowell OFM (December 15, 1969 - October 10, 1986, died)
- Brian James Barnes OFM (October 3, 1987 - June 14, 1997, then Archbishop of Port Moresby )
- Austen Robin Crapp OFM (April 19, 1999 - March 5, 2009, retired)
-
Otto Separy (June 9, 2009 - July 16, 2019, then Bishop of Bereina )
- Sedis vacancy since July 16, 2019