Archdiocese of Suva

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Archdiocese of Suva
Map of the Archdiocese of Suva
Basic data
Country Fiji
Diocesan bishop Peter Loy Chong
founding 1966
surface 18,333 km²
Parishes 35 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Residents 1,063,595 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics 97,692 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
proportion of 9.2%
Diocesan priest 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious priest 51 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Catholics per priest 1,191
Friars 114 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
Religious sisters 113 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
Suffragan dioceses Funafuti
Rarotonga
Tarawa and Nauru

The Erzbistum Suva ( lat. : Archidioecesis Suvanus ) is an in Fiji preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Suva .

history

The Archdiocese of Suva was on March 27, 1863 by Pope Pius IX. Established from cession of territory by the Vicariate Apostolic Central Oceania as Apostolic Prefecture of Fiji . On May 10, 1887, the Apostolic Prefecture of Fiji was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the apostolic vicariate . The Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji was founded on June 21, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Prophetarum voces raised to the Archdiocese and renamed the Archdiocese of Suva .

Ordinaries

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva

Apostolic Prefect of Fiji

Vicars Apostolic of Fiji

Archbishops of Suva

See also

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Suva  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Prophetarum voces , AAS 59 (1967), n.3, p. 201ff.