Mission sui juris Funafuti

Mission sui juris Funafuti
Basic data
Country	Tuvalu
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Suva
Superior	Reynaldo B. Getalado MSP
surface	26 km²
Parishes	1 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 )
Residents	10,000 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 )
Catholics	119 ( 12/31/2010 / AP2011 )
proportion of	1.2%
Religious priest	1 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 )
Catholics per priest	119
Permanent deacons	1 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 )
Friars	1 (December 31, 2010 / AP2011 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Tuvaluan and English

The Mission sui juris Funafuti ( Latin Missio sui iuris Funafutina ) is a Roman Catholic Mission sui juris based in Funafuti . It includes the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu .

history

Pope John Paul II founded the Mission sui juris Funafuti on September 10, 1982 by dividing the Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia as a suffragan diocese. On March 21, 2003 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Suva .

Apostolic Superiors

• Cardinal Pio Taofinu'u SM (September 10, 1982–1985, resigned)
• John Hubert Macey Rodgers SM (Aug. 7, 1985– Jul. 14, 1986, resigned)
• Camille DesRosiers SM (July 14, 1986–2010, resigned)
• John Ikataere Rarikin MSC , September 24, 2010-24. February 2014
• Reynaldo B. Getalado MSP , since February 24, 2014

statistics

year	population			priest			Permanent deacons	Ordens- people	Parishes
	Catholics	Residents	%	Total number	Religious priest	Catholics per priest		male
1990	77	8,860	0.9	1	1	77		1
1999	107	10,043	1.1	1	1	107		1	1
2000	109	10,400	1.0	1	1	109		1	1
2001	112	10,450	1.1	1	1	112		1	1
2002	112	10,500	1.1	1	1	112		1	1
2003	117	11,343	1.0	1	1	117		1	1
2004	122	9,564	1.3	1	1	122		1	1
2007	131	10.173	1.3	1	1	131		1	1
2010	119	10,000	1.2	1	1	119	1	1	1

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Entry on Mission sui juris Funafuti on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry about the Mission sui juris Funafuti in Giga-Catholic (English)