Diocese of Daru-Kiunga
| Diocese of Daru-Kiunga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port Moresby |
| Diocesan bishop | Gilles Côté SMM |
| surface | 99,600 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 157,600 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 38,859 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 24.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,554 |
| Friars | 31 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Gerard's Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | St. Louis de Montfort Co-Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's House, PO Box 42, Kiunga, WP 335, Papua New Guinea |
| Website | www.missionfrontier.org |
The Bistum Daru-Kiunga ( lat. : Dioecesis Daruensis-Kiunganus ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kiunga . It is located in the western province on the border with the Archdiocese of Merauke .
history
Pope John XXIII founded with the Apostolic Constitution Qui per electionem on July 16, 1959, the Apostolic Prefecture Daru from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Port Moresby .
On November 15, 1966, she was raised to the Diocese of Daru with the Apostolic Constitution Laeta Incrementa and on September 4, 1987, it took its current name. The bishopric is located in Kiunga , in the North Fly District.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Daru
- Gérard-Joseph Deschamps SMM (October 17, 1961 - November 15, 1966)
Bishop of Daru
- Gérard-Joseph Deschamps SMM (October 17, 1961 - September 4, 1987)
Bishops of Daru-Kiunga
- Gérard-Joseph Deschamps SMM (October 17, 1961 - January 2, 1999, then Bishop of Bereina )
- Gilles Côté SMM (since January 2, 1999)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 2,215 | 61,261 | 3.6 | 14th | 14th | 158 | 22nd | 32 | 7th | ||
| 1980 | 6,518 | 83,400 | 7.8 | 13 | 13 | 501 | 26th | 32 | 8th | ||
| 1990 | 21,371 | 93,000 | 23.0 | 13 | 4th | 9 | 1,643 | 24 | 31 | 11 | |
| 1999 | 31.096 | 112,000 | 27.8 | 15th | 8th | 7th | 2,073 | 11 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2000 | 32,514 | 114,500 | 28.4 | 14th | 5 | 9 | 2,322 | 13 | 32 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 33,990 | 116,000 | 29.3 | 16 | 10 | 6th | 2.124 | 11 | 37 | 13 | |
| 2002 | 34,995 | 152.067 | 23.0 | 15th | 5 | 10 | 2,333 | 16 | 39 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 36,158 | 153,000 | 23.6 | 15th | 4th | 11 | 2,410 | 1 | 17th | 35 | 13 |
| 2004 | 37.109 | 153,247 | 24.2 | 16 | 4th | 12 | 2,319 | 1 | 18th | 35 | 12 |
| 2006 | 38,859 | 157,600 | 24.7 | 25th | 5 | 20th | 1,554 | 31 | 38 | 12 | |