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Diocese of

Kavieng

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kavieng / 卡維恩 (正體中文) / Kaviengen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Rabaul

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Rabaul (↘), Bougainville (↘), Kimbe (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.24 – ...):Bishop Roland Vunuvung (64)Bishop Roland Vunuvung (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kavieng (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roland Vunuvung (64)Bishop Roland Vunuvung (64)
(2023.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)

Born:1959.08.11 (Vunapope, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:1985.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:2023.08.15

Priest of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1985.11.24 – 2023.06.24)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (2023.06.24 – ...)

Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (60)Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.09.29 – 2023.06.24)

Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (60)Bishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (60) (later Archbishop)
(2018.06.22 – 2020.06.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)

Emmanuel

Born:1962.09.24 (Raduna, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:1989.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:2005.09.29

Titular Bishop of Accia (2005.07.08 – 2007.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) (2005.07.08 – 2007.11.29)

Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea) (2007.11.29 – 2018.06.22)

Vice-President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (2010 – 2014)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (2017.05.03 – 2020.07.02)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (2018.06.22 – 2020.06.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (2020.06.19 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (2020.09.29 – 2023.06.24)

Bishop Ambrose Kiapseni, M.S.C.
(1991.01.21 – 2018.06.22)

Sevis got gut tumas

Born:1945.10.16 (Masahet Island, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:1975.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:1991.05.12
Died:2019.12.20 (Kopkop, Papua New Guinea † 74)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (1991.01.21 – 2018.06.22)

Bishop Karl Hesse, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1980.10.24 – 1990.07.07)

Caritas et justitia

Born:1936.08.15 (Wosswinkel, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1963.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1978.08.15
Died:2023.05.14 (Vunapope, Papua New Guinea † 86)

Titular Bishop of Naratcata (1978.04.27 – 1980.10.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1978.04.27 – 1980.10.24)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (1980.10.24 – 1990.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) (1990.07.07 – 2011.08.11)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (1994 – 1996)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (1995 – 1996.09.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (1996.09.12 – 1999.04.19)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (2002 – 2005)

Bishop Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C.
(1966.11.15 – 1980.10.24)

Born:1913.01.02 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1940.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:1957.10.28
Died:1984.02.20 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Palæstina (1957.07.05 – 1966.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (1957.07.05 – 1966.11.15)

Bishop of Kavieng (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1980.10.24)

Vicars Apostolic of Kavieng (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C.
(1957.07.05 – 1966.11.15)

(see above)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 49, Kavieng 631, N.E.P., Papua New Guinea

Phone: 98.42.055

Statistics

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)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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