Cherubim Dambui
Cherubim Dambui OBE (born February 23, 1948 in Timbunke , East Sepik Province , Papua New Guinea , † June 24, 2010 in Manila , Philippines ) was auxiliary bishop in Port Moresby , Papua New Guinea.
Life
Cherubim Dambui was the first native citizen of the Sepik area to be ordained a priest in Wewak on December 5, 1974 by the then Bishop Leo Arkfeld. Cherubim Dambui was the provincial premier of East Sepik Province from 1976 to 1983 . After he resigned from this political office, he studied at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae. After working as a pastor in the parish in Marienberg , he was rector of the Holy Spirit seminar and the diocesan college in Bomana from 1989 to 1991. Since 1995 he has been Vicar General of the Diocese of Wewak and Spiritual Director at St. John's Seminary in Kairiru. He was appointed Chief Grand Commander of the Order of Logohu by the government of Papau New China in 2008.
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Subbar in 2000 and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Port Moresby . He was ordained episcopal on February 10, 2001 by the Archbishop of Port Moresby, Brian James Barnes, OFM. Co- consecrators were Michael Meier SVD, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen , and Raymond Philip Kalisz SVD, Bishop of the Diocese of Wewak .
He died of complications from kidney failure while hospitalized in Manila, Philippines.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Rossi: Magic of death in the classroom. From the problems of a school in New Guinea. LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, p. 47
- ↑ Hundreds mourn for Dambui , The National , June 24, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dambui, cherubim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dambui, Cherubim OBE |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Papuan New Guinean clergyman and politician, auxiliary bishop in Port Moresby |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Timbunke , Papua New Guinea |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 2010 |
| Place of death | Manila , Philippines |