Diocese of Port-Vila
Diocese of Port-Vila | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Vanuatu |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nouméa |
Diocesan bishop | Jean Bosco Baremes SM |
founding | February 9, 1901 |
surface | 11,870 km² |
Parishes | 21 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 205,000 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 29,500 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 14.4% |
Diocesan priest | 15 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 10 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,180 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
Friars | 32 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 65 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Bislama , French and English |
cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur |
address | BP 59, Port-Vila, Vanuatu |
Website | http://www.ddec.nc/diocese/Vanuatu/sommaire_Vanuatu.htm |
The Diocese of Port-Vila ( Latin : Dioecesis Portus Vilensis ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the island state of Vanuatu with its seat in Port Vila . Episcopal church is the Sacre Coeur Cathedral.
history
The first missionaries of the Marist Fathers came to the New Hebrides in 1848. Later, for nearly forty years, there were no Catholic missionaries on the islands, which encouraged the missionary work of Presbyterians and Anglicans . The Catholic mission began again in 1887. Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture New Hebrides on February 19, 1901 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate New Caledonia . On March 22, 1904, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate and on June 21, 1966 with the Apostolic Constitution Prophetarum voces to the diocese of Port-Vila.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of the New Hebrides
- Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré SM (February 9, 1901 - March 22, 1904)
Vicars Apostolic of the New Hebrides
- Isidore-Marie-Victor Douceré SM (March 22, 1904 - May 12, 1939, died)
- Jules Halbert SM (July 11, 1939 - December 1954, resigned)
- Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard SM (January 1, 1955 - June 21, 1966)
Bishops of Port-Vila
- Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Julliard SM (resigned June 21, 1966 - May 21, 1976)
- Francis-Roland Lambert SM (December 31, 1976 - December 12, 1996, retired)
- Michel Visi (November 30, 1996 - May 19, 2007, died)
- Jean Bosco Baremes SM (since November 18, 2009)