Archdiocese of Port Moresby
| Archdiocese of Port Moresby | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Diocesan bishop | John Cardinal Ribat MSC |
| founding | May 10, 1889 |
| surface | 12,244 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 512,386 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 183,889 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 35.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 56 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,627 |
| Friars | 166 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 145 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.catholicpng.org.pg/dioc/port%20moresby.html/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Alotau-Sideia Diocese of Bereina Diocese of Daru-Kiunga Diocese of Kerema |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby ( lat. : Archidioecesis Portus Moresbiensis ) is in Papua New Guinea situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Port Moresby .
history
The Archdiocese of Port Moresby was on May 10, 1889 by Pope Leo XIII. from parts of the Apostolic Vicariate Melanesia , which was founded in 1844 from the Apostolic Vicariate New Zealand , established as the Apostolic Vicariate New Guinea . On November 14, 1922, the Apostolic Vicariate New Guinea was renamed Apostolic Vicariate Papua . The Apostolic Vicariate Papua gave up on June 13, 1946 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Samarai . On June 13, 1946, the Apostolic Vicariate Papua was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Port Moresby . The Apostolic Vicariate Port Moresby gave on November 13, 1958 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi . Further assignments took place on July 16, 1959 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Daru and the Apostolic Vicariate Yule Island .
On November 15, 1966, the Vicariate Apostolic Port Moresby was by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Laeta incrementa raised to the archbishopric.
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of New Guinea
- Louis-André Navarre MSC , 1889-1908
- Alain Guynot de Boismenu MSC, 1908-1922
Vicars Apostolic of Papua
- Alain Guynot de Boismenu MSC, 1922-1946
Vicars Apostolic of Port Moresby
- André Sorin MSC, 1946-1959
- Virgil Patrick Copas MSC, 1959-1966
Archbishops of Port Moresby
- Virgil Patrick Copas MSC, 1966-1975
- Herman To Paivu , 1975-1981
- Peter Kurongku , 1981-1996
- Brian James Barnes, OFM , 1997-2008
- John Cardinal Ribat MSC, since 2008
See also
Web links
- Entry on cbcpngsi.org (English)
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Port Moresby on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- Entry on Vicariate Apostolic Micronesia on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- Entry on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Laeta incrementa , AAS 59 (1967), n.7, p. 480ff.