Diocese of Alotau-Sideia
| Diocese of Alotau-Sideia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port Moresby |
| Diocesan bishop | Rolando Santos CM |
| surface | 20,000 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 317,330 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 54,795 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 17.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,283 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Website | catholicdiocesealotau.com (English) |
The Bistum Alotau Sideia ( lat. : Dioecesis Alotaunus-Sideianus ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Alotau . Its territory includes the province of Milne Bay .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Samarai on June 13, 1946 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Papua . On November 11, 1956, she was raised to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic .
On November 15, 1966 she was raised to the diocese of Sideia with the Apostolic Constitution Laeta Incrementa and on April 28, 1975 it took its current name.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Samarai
- Francis John Doyle MSC (May 18, 1951 - November 11, 1956)
Vicar Apostolic of Samarai
- Francis John Doyle MSC (November 11, 1956 - November 15, 1966)
Bishops of Sideia
- Francis John Doyle MSC (November 15, 1966 - March 7, 1970, resigned)
- Desmond Charles Moore MSC (March 7, 1970 - April 28, 1975)
Bishops of Alotau-Sideia
- Desmond Charles Moore MSC (April 28, 1975 - June 25, 2001, retired)
- Francesco Panfilo SDB (June 25, 2001 - March 18, 2010, Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabaul )
- Rolando Santos CM , since April 6, 2011
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | ? | 104,000 | ? | 21st | 21st | 0 | 37 | 22nd | 10 | ||
| 1980 | 13,100 | 113,000 | 11.6 | 19th | 1 | 18th | 689 | 27 | 24 | ||
| 1990 | 22,342 | 132.943 | 16.8 | 19th | 1 | 18th | 1,175 | 28 | 39 | 30th | |
| 1999 | 29,132 | 176,519 | 16.5 | 17th | 1 | 16 | 1,713 | 1 | 24 | 32 | 22nd |
| 2000 | 29,642 | 176,519 | 16.8 | 18th | 1 | 17th | 1,646 | 26th | 34 | 21st | |
| 2001 | 30,450 | 180,000 | 16.9 | 20th | 2 | 18th | 1,522 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 21st |
| 2002 | 38,639 | 209.054 | 18.5 | 20th | 2 | 18th | 1.931 | 1 | 28 | 36 | 22nd |
| 2003 | 33,260 | 212,400 | 15.7 | 21st | 2 | 19th | 1,583 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 22nd |
| 2004 | 34,462 | 217,000 | 15.9 | 20th | 2 | 18th | 1,723 | 1 | 26th | 35 | 14th |
| 2006 | 37,153 | 225,000 | 16.5 | 22nd | 2 | 20th | 1,688 | 1 | 25th | 40 | 16 |