Vanimo diocese
| Vanimo diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Madang |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Meli |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Cesare Bonivento PIME |
| founding | November 15, 1966 |
| surface | 26,000 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 101,000 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 35,500 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 35.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,690 |
| Friars | 20 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.vanimo-diocese.com/ |
The Bistum Vanimo ( latin Dioecesis Uanimitana ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Vanimo .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Vanimo with the Apostolic Constitution Omnium Ecclesiarum on September 13, 1963 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Aitape .
With the Apostolic Constitution Laeta Incrementa she was raised to the diocese on November 15, 1966.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Vanimo
- Paschal Sweeney CP (September 20, 1963 - November 15, 1966)
Bishops of Vanimo
- Paschal Sweeney CP (November 15, 1966 - September 22, 1979)
- John Etheridge CP (April 24, 1980 - February 7, 1989)
- Cesare Bonivento PIME (December 21, 1991 - February 5, 2018)
- Francis Meli (since February 5, 2018)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1969 | 4,658 | 35,643 | 13.1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 465 | 12 | 4th | 8th | |
| 1980 | 8,500 | 39,550 | 21.5 | 9 | 9 | 944 | 13 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1990 | 14,570 | 59,600 | 24.4 | 9 | 9 | 1,618 | 19th | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2000 | 27,800 | 91,800 | 30.3 | 24 | 6th | 18th | 1,158 | 1 | 27 | 25th | 12 |
| 2004 | 32,000 | 95,000 | 33.7 | 26th | 7th | 19th | 1,230 | 23 | 29 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 35,500 | 101,000 | 35.1 | 21st | 3 | 18th | 1,690 | 20th | 21st | 13 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on cbcpngsi.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Vanimo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Vanimo on gcatholic.org (English)