Diocese of Kerema
| Diocese of Kerema | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |