Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Samoa–Apia

Samoa Samoa

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Samoa–Apia / Samoa–Apian(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Samoa–Pago Pago, Tokelau

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.07.26 – ...):Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (76)Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (76)

Apostolic Administrator of Tokelau (Tokelau)

Bishop emeritus of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Samoa–Apia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (76)Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.07.26 – ...)

Fr. Pio Galumalemana
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.05? – 2023.07.26)

Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga
(2002.11.16 – 2023.04.25)

Born:1953.01.04 (Sataua, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:1977.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.03
Died:2023.04.25 (Auckland, New Zealand † 70)

Priest of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (1977.07.05 – 2002.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (2002.11.16 – 2023.04.25)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2015.12.22 – 2023.04.25)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.
(1992.06.26 – 2002.11.16)

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Born:1923.12.08 (Falealupo, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1968.05.29
Created Cardinal:1973.03.05
Died:2006.01.19 (Apia, Samoa † 82)

Bishop of Apia (Samoa) (1968.01.11 – 1974.08.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1973.03.05 – 2006.01.19)

Bishop of Samoa and Tokelau (Samoa) (1974.08.10 – 1982.09.10)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (1982.09.10 – 1985.08.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa) (1982.09.10 – 1986.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Samoa) (1982.09.10 – 1992.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (1992.06.26 – 2002.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.
(1982.09.10 – 1992.06.26)

(see above)

Bishops of Samoa and Tokelau (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.
(1974.08.10 – 1982.09.10)

(see above)

Bishops of Apia (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.
(1968.01.11 – 1974.08.10)

(see above)

Bishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. (later Archbishop)
(1966.06.21 – 1967.06.22)

Born:1921.01.09 (Boston, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1947.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:1956.06.29
Died:2015.08.30 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia (1956.02.29 – 1966.06.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Samoa Island and Tokelau (Samoa) (1956.02.29 – 1966.06.21)

Bishop of Apia (Samoa) (1966.06.21 – 1967.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Suva (Fiji) (1967.06.22 – 1976.04.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (1970 – 1971)

Vicars Apostolic of Samoa Island and Tokelau (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. (later Archbishop)
(1956.02.29 – 1966.06.21)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Dieter, S.M.
(1953.11.16 – 1955.06.28)

Born:1903.09.30
Ordained Priest:1933.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.19
Died:1955.06.28 († 51)

Titular Bishop of Jerafi (1953.11.16 – 1955.06.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa) (1953.11.16 – 1955.06.28)

Bishop Joseph Darnand, S.M.
(1919.08.04 – 1953.11.16)

Born:1879.12.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:1905.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:1920.05.16
Died:1962.06.01 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa) (1919.08.04 – 1953.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Polemonium (1919.08.04 – 1962.06.01)

Bishop Pietro Broyer, S.M.
(1896.03.30 – 1918.10.09)

Born:1846.01.30 (France)
Died:1918.10.09 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Polemonium (1896.03.30 – 1918.10.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators (Samoa) (1896.03.30 – 1918.10.09)

Bishop Jean-Amand Lamaze, S.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1879.05.07 – 1896)

Bishop Aloys Elloy, S.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1870 – 1878.11.22)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Wallis et Futuna (←), Tokelau (↑), Samoa–Pago Pago (→), Tonga (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,830 km²

Population: 37,000 Catholics (18.7% of 198,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes

Personnel: 74 priests (52 diocesan, 22 religious), 91 deacons, 80 religious (30 brothers, 50 sisters), 17 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.05.12

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