Archdiocese of Rabaul
| Archdiocese of Rabaul | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Diocesan bishop | Rochus Tatamai MSC (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Karl Hesse MSC Francesco Panfilo SDB |
| surface | 19,320 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 354.004 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 155,407 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 43.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,320 |
| Friars | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 128 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | St Francis Xavier's Co-Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Bougainville Diocese of Kavieng Diocese of Kimbe |
The Erzbistum Rabaul ( lat. : Archidioecesis Rabaulensis ) is in Papua New Guinea preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Rabaul .
history
Forerunner of today Archdiocese of Rabaul is from the 1844 Apostolic Vicariate of New Zealand founded out Apostolic Vicariate of Micronesia . On May 15, 1886 the area of the Carolines was separated and the two missions sui juris East Carolines and West Carolines were established, which were united on December 19, 1905 by Pope Pius X to form the Diocese of Carolines .
Pope Leo XIII. established the Apostolic Vicariate New Britain on May 10, 1889 from parts of the area of the Apostolic Vicariate Melanesia and the entire area of the Apostolic Vicariate Micronesia . On December 8, 1890, it took the name Apostolic Vicariate Neupommern .
With the decree Post exstincum of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide on November 14, 1922, it took on the name of Rabaul Apostolic Vicariate . It was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric with the bull Laeta incrementa on November 15, 1966 and took its current name.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- February 24, 1896 to the Apostolic Prefecture Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land ;
- July 27, 1897 to the Apostolic Prefecture of British Solomon Islands ;
- June 28, 1897 to the Vicariate Apostolic Gilbert Islands ;
- May 23, 1898 to the Apostolic Prefecture of German Solomon Islands ;
- 1905 to the Mission sui juris Marshall Islands ;
- July 5, 1957 to the Apostolic Vicariate Kavieng ;
- 4th July 2003 to the Diocese of Kimbe .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of New Britain
- Stanislas Henri Verjus MSC (April 8, 1889– December 28, 1889, then Apostolic Coadjutor Vicar of New Guinea )
- Louis Couppé MSC (December 28, 1889– December 8, 1890)
Apostolic Vicar of New Pomerania
- Louis Couppé MSC (December 8, 1890– November 14, 1922)
Vicars Apostolic of Rabaul
- Louis Couppé MSC (November 14, 1922–1923)
- Gerard Vesters MSC (February 16, 1923– August 30, 1954)
- Leo Isidore Scharmach MSC (June 13, 1939– August 6, 1962)
- Johannes Höhne MSC (March 1, 1963– November 15, 1966)
Archbishops of Rabaul
- Johannes Höhne MSC (November 15, 1966– May 27, 1978)
- Albert-Leo Bundervoet MSC (March 6, 1980– March 29, 1989)
- Karl Hesse MSC (July 7, 1990– August 11, 2011)
- Francesco Panfilo SDS (August 11, 2011– June 19, 2020)
- Rochus Tatamai MSC (since June 19, 2020)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 100,638 | 150,000 | 67.1 | 61 | 3 | 58 | 1,649 | 111 | 227 | 45 | |
| 1980 | 140,300 | 205,000 | 68.4 | 52 | 4th | 48 | 2,698 | 92 | 226 | 46 | |
| 1990 | 164,000 | 269,000 | 61.0 | 64 | 14th | 50 | 2,562 | 78 | 216 | 75 | |
| 1999 | 221,300 | 404.300 | 54.7 | 67 | 25th | 42 | 3,302 | 69 | 142 | 44 | |
| 2000 | 224,840 | 411.790 | 54.6 | 69 | 31 | 38 | 3,258 | 89 | 131 | 44 | |
| 2001 | 227,250 | 418,500 | 54.3 | 66 | 29 | 37 | 3,443 | 88 | 122 | 44 | |
| 2002 | 233,450 | 419,450 | 55.7 | 66 | 30th | 36 | 3,537 | 82 | 141 | 44 | |
| 2003 | 110,000 | 180,000 | 61.1 | 27 | 18th | 9 | 4,074 | 38 | 19th | 18th | |
| 2004 | 131,500 | 235,600 | 55.8 | 49 | 22nd | 27 | 2,683 | 95 | 135 | 29 | |