Diocese of Kerema
Diocese of Kerema | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Papua New Guinea |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Port Moresby |
Diocesan bishop | Pedro Baquero SDS |
founding | 16th January 1971 |
surface | 34,000 km² |
Parishes | 10 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 128,300 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 25,200 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 19.6% |
Diocesan priest | 7 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,100 |
Friars | 12 (31.12.2011 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 14 (December 31, 2011 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
The Bistum Kerema ( lat. : Dioecesis Keremanus ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kerema .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quod sit studium on January 16, 1971 from ceding territories from the dioceses of Bereina and Mendi .
Bishops of Kerema
- Virgil Patrick Copas MSC (May 24, 1976 - December 6, 1988)
- Paul John Marx MSC (December 6, 1988 - March 13, 2010)
- Patrick Taval MSC (March 13, 2010 - April 27, 2013)
- Pedro Baquero SDS (since January 20, 2017)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1980 | 6,848 | 73,600 | 9.3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 684 | 10 | 13 | 14th | |
1990 | 11,017 | 75,000 | 14.7 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1,001 | 2 | 22nd | 16 | 10 |
2000 | 17,032 | 76,000 | 22.4 | 11 | 5 | 6th | 1,548 | 10 | 17th | 10 | |
2006 | 22,794 | 106,800 | 21.3 | 12 | 5 | 7th | 1,899 | 11 | 16 | 11 | |
2011 | 25,200 | 128,300 | 19.6 | 12 | 5 | 7th | 2,100 | 12 | 14th | 10 |