Diocese of Goroka
| Diocese of Goroka | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mount Hagen |
| Diocesan bishop | Dariusz Kałuża MSF |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Michael Marai Francesco Sarego SVD |
| surface | 7,400 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 530,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 15,511 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 2.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,410 |
| Friars | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English Hiri Motu Tok Pisin |
| cathedral | Mary Help of Christians Cathedral |
The Bistum Goroka ( lat. : Dioecesis Gorokanus ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Goroka . It includes the province of Eastern Highlands Province .
history
Pope John XXIII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Goroka with the Apostolic Constitution Prophetica vox on June 18, 1959 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Alexishafen .
With the bull Laeta incrementa it was raised on November 15, 1966 to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Madang as a suffragan diocese. On March 18, 1982 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen . On June 8 of the same year it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Kundiawa diocese .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Goroka
- Bernhard Schilling SVD (December 19, 1959 - November 15, 1966)
Bishops of Goroka
- John Edward Cohill SVD (November 15, 1966 - August 30, 1980)
- Raymond Rodly Caesar SVD (August 30, 1980 - June 18, 1987)
- Michael Marai (October 25, 1988 - November 15, 1994)
- Francesco Sarego SVD (December 6, 1995– June 9, 2016)
- Dariusz Kałuża MSF ( since June 9, 2016)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 76,327 | 410,000 | 18.6 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2,631 | 1 | 48 | 19th | |
| 1980 | 86.126 | 350,450 | 24.6 | 20th | 1 | 19th | 4,306 | 1 | 30th | 14th | 15th |
| 1990 | 18,000 | 300,000 | 6.0 | 16 | 2 | 14th | 1,125 | 26th | 30th | 9 | |
| 2000 | 13,627 | 315,000 | 4.3 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1,135 | 21st | 20th | 9 | |
| 2001 | 13,113 | 385,000 | 3.4 | 14th | 2 | 12 | 936 | 22nd | 22nd | 9 | |
| 2006 | 16,393 | 440,000 | 3.7 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1,366 | 15th | 24 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 15,511 | 530,000 | 2.9 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1,410 | 13 | 20th | 10 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on cbcpngsi.org (English)
- Entry for the Diocese of Goroka on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Goroka on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence