Archdiocese of Madang
| Archdiocese of Madang | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Diocesan bishop | Anton Bal |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Wilhelm Kurtz SVD Benedict To Varpin Stephen Reichert OFMCap |
| surface | 28,732 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 521.216 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 180.224 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 34.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,005 |
| Friars | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Aitape Diocese of Lae Diocese of Vanimo Diocese of Wewak |
The Erzbistum Madang ( lat. : Archidioecesis Madangana ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Madang .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land on February 24, 1896 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Neupommern . On July 25, 1913, Pope Pius X divided it into the Apostolic Prefectures of Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land .
On November 23, 1922, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate with the Apostolic Constitution Incumbentis Nobis and took the name, Apostolic Vicariate Eastern New Guinea . It took the name, Apostolic Vicariate Alexishafen, on May 15, 1952. The vicariate gave up on June 18, 1959 parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the three Apostolic Vicariates Mount Hagen , Lae and Goroka . It was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric with the bull Laeta incrementa on November 15, 1966 and took its current name.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of the Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land
- Eberhard Limbrock SVD (1900 - July 25, 1913)
Apostolic Prefect of the Eastern Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land
- Eberhard Limbrock SVD (July 25, 1913-1914)
- Andreas Puff SVD (1914–1923; administrator)
Vicars Apostolic of Eastern New Guinea
-
Franziskus Wolf SVD (November 24, 1922 - February 23, 1944)
- Wilhelm van Baar SVD (1944–1948; Apostolic Administrator)
- Stephen Anthony Appelhans SVD (July 8, 1948 - July 16, 1951)
Apostolic Vicar of Alexishafen
- Adolph Alexander Noser SVD (January 8, 1953 - November 15, 1966)
Archbishops of Madang
- Adolph Alexander Noser SVD (November 15, 1966 - December 19, 1975)
- Leo Arkfeld SVD (December 19, 1975 - December 31, 1987)
- Benedict To Varpin (December 31, 1987 - July 24, 2001)
- Wilhelm Kurtz SVD (July 24, 2001 - November 30, 2010)
- Stephen Reichert OFMCap (November 30, 2010 - July 26, 2019)
- Anton Bal (since July 26, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 57,037 | 162.717 | 35.1 | 56 | 5 | 51 | 1,018 | 78 | 36 | 24 | |
| 1980 | 74,900 | 226,000 | 33.1 | 46 | 5 | 41 | 1,628 | 70 | 71 | 27 | |
| 1990 | 95.287 | 269,000 | 35.4 | 55 | 7th | 48 | 1,732 | 87 | 64 | 28 | |
| 1999 | 128,224 | 283.154 | 45.3 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 3,771 | 57 | 95 | 29 | |
| 2000 | 138,494 | 283.154 | 48.9 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 4,073 | 2 | 57 | 95 | 29 |
| 2001 | 138,494 | 283.154 | 48.9 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 4,073 | 31 | 58 | 28 | |
| 2002 | 139,956 | 283.154 | 49.4 | 34 | 12 | 22nd | 4.116 | 30th | 58 | 28 | |
| 2003 | 140,000 | 283.154 | 49.4 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 3,500 | 33 | 58 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 142,000 | 285.154 | 49.8 | 39 | 14th | 25th | 3,641 | 31 | 56 | 28 | |