Diocese of Mendi

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Diocese of Mendi
Basic data
Country Papua New Guinea
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Mount Hagen
Diocesan bishop Donald Lippert OFMCap
founding November 13, 1958
surface 19,000 km²
Parishes 16 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Residents 546,400 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics 71,832 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
proportion of 13.1%
Diocesan priest 5 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious priest 19 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics per priest 2,993
Friars 29 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious sisters 48 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
Hiri Motu
Tok Pisin
cathedral Mother of the Divine Shepherd Cathedral

The Bistum Mendi ( lat. : Dioecesis Mendiensis ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mendi . It includes the province of Southern Highlands Province .

Coat of arms of the diocese

history

Pope John XXIII founded with the Apostolic Constitution Eius Successores on November 13, 1958, the Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Port Moresby . She was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on July 6, 1965 with the Apostolic Constitution Regnum Christi .

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 January 16, 1971, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Kerema diocese .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Mendi

Vicar Apostolic of Mendi

  • Firmin Martin Schmidt OFMCap (July 6, 1965– November 15, 1966)

Bishops of Mendi

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number
Diocesan priest
Religious priest 		Catholics per
priest 		Friars Religious sisters
1970 23.096 235,000 9.8 32 4th 28 721 34 30th 9
1980 44,906 240,600 18.7 34 2 32 1,320 52 49 14th
1990 62,740 260,000 24.1 25th 3 22nd 2,509 38 50 20th
1999 81.002 340,000 23.8 27 5 22nd 3,000 39 56 31
2000 88,365 400,000 22.1 21st 3 18th 4,207 33 61 32
2001 92.712 415,000 22.3 26th 3 23 3,565 44 61 32
2002 69,688 544.352 12.8 25th 3 22nd 2,787 33 62 16
2003 70,794 544.352 13.0 22nd 3 19th 3,217 31 50 16
2004 71,832 546,400 13.1 24 5 19th 2,993 29 48 16

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