Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Kavieng / 卡維恩 (正體中文) / Kaviengen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Rabaul
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2023.06.24 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Kavieng (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
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Bishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C.
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Bishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C.
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Vicars Apostolic of Kavieng (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. (see above) |
Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 49, Kavieng 631, N.E.P., Papua New Guinea
Phone: 98.42.055
Area: 23,000 km²
Population: 113,000 Catholics (52.1% of 217,000 total) (2018)
Statistics: 20 parishes, 2 missions, 19 priests (diocesan), 26 religious (6 brothers, 20 sisters), 6 seminarians (2018)
Last updated on 2023.09.03
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