Archdiocese of Papeete
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| Country | French Polynesia ( France ) |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Pierre Cottanceau SSCC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hubert Coppenrath |
| founding | 1848 |
| surface | 2,675 km² |
| Parishes | 57 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 268,270 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 104,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 38.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,000 |
| Permanent deacons | 44 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 38 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 35 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception |
| Website | diocesedepapeete.com |
| Suffragan dioceses | Taiohae o Tefenuaenata |
The Archdiocese of Papeete ( Latin Archidioecesis Papeetensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in French Polynesia with the metropolitan seat of Papeete in Tahiti . The archbishopric includes the Society Islands , the Austral Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago (including the Gambier Islands ). Occasionally, for historical reasons, the neighboring British Pitcairn Islands are also counted as part of the diocese; However, no Catholics live there.
history
The territory of the South Sea Islands prefecture was established on June 8, 1833 with the Breve In sublimi by Gregory XVI. divided into the Vicariate Apostolic Eastern Ocean and Western Oceania .
On August 13, 1844, the Breve Pastorale officium under the same Pope Gregory XVI. the Apostolic Prefecture of Sandwich Islands an apostolic vicariate independent from the Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Oceania.
The areas of the Apostolic Vicariate Ostozeanien were on May 9, 1848 by Pope Pius IX. divided between the new Vicariate Apostolic Tahiti ("Insularum Tahiti") and Marquesas Islands ("Insularum Marchesi"); the first Episcopal Vicar of Tahiti was Florentin-Etienne Jaussen . The Cook Islands were ceded by the Apostolic Vicariate of Tahiti on November 27, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. intended for the independent Apostolic Prefecture of the Cook Islands and Manihiki . On November 27, 1966 the Vicariate was by Pope Paul VI. raised to an archbishopric . The first archbishop was Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé SSCC .
As a suffragan , the diocese Taiohae o Tefenuaenata is assigned to the archdiocese of Papeete.
Ordinaries
- Florentin-Etienne Jaussen (1848–1884)
- Marie-Joseph Verdier SSCC (1884–1908)
- André-Etienne-Athanase Hermel SSCC (1908–1932)
- Julien-Marie Nouailles SSCC (1932-1937)
- Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé SSCC (1938–1973)
- Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath (1973–1999)
- Hubert Coppenrath (1999-2011)
- Jean-Pierre Cottanceau SSCC (since 2016)
See also
Web links
- Archdiocese of Papeete website (French)
- Entry for Archdiocese of Papeete on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Papeete on gcatholic.org (English)
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