Diocese of Kavieng
| Diocese of Kavieng | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Rabaul |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| surface | 23,000 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 197,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 102,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 52.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,548 |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral |
The Bistum Kavieng ( lat. : Dioecesis Kaviengensis ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kavieng . It is located in the Sandaun Province in the northwestern part of Papua New Guinea.
history
Pope Pius XII founded with the Apostolic Constitution Cum apostolicum on July 5, 1957 the Apostolic Vicariate Kavieng from ceded territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Rabaul .
On November 15, 1966 she was raised to the diocese of Daru with the Apostolic Constitution Laeta Incrementa .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Vicar of Kavieng
- Alfred Matthew Stemper MSC (July 5, 1957– November 15, 1966)
Bishops of Kavieng
- Alfred Matthew Stemper MSC (November 15, 1966- October 24, 1980)
- Karl Hesse MSC (October 24, 1980– July 7, 1990, then Archbishop of Rabaul)
- Ambrose Kiapseni MSC (January 21, 1991– June 22, 2018)
- Rochus Tatamai MSC (June 22, 2018– June 19, 2020, then Archbishop of Rabaul)
- Sedis vacancy (since June 19, 2020)
See also
Web links
- Entry on cbcpngsi.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Kavieng on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kavieng on gcatholic.org (English)