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Mission sui juris of

Tokelau

Tokelau Tokelau

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Mission sui juris Independent Mission

Name: Tokelau / Tokelaun(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Samoa–Apia

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Wallis et Futuna (↙), Funafuti (←), Tarawa and Nauru (↑), Rarotonga (→), Samoa–Pago Pago (↓), Samoa–Apia (↓)

Present Prelates

Ecclesiastical Superior (2018.09 – ...):Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga (70)Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Tokelau (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga (70)Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga (70)
(2018.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)
Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau)

Born:1953.01.04 (Sataua, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:1977.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.03

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

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2018.09 – ...)

Fr. Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P.
(2011.05.06 – 2018.09)

Born:1961.10.10 (Philippines)
Ordained Priest:1997.01.02

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2011.05.06 – 2018.09)

Msgr. Patrick Edward O’Connor
(1992.06.26 – 2011.05)

Born:1932.03.08 (New Zealand)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.16
Died:2014.12.03 († 82)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (1992.06.26 – 2011.05)

Statistics

Area: 10 km²

Population: 535 Catholics (38.5% of 1,390 total) (2015)

Statistics: 2 parishes, 2 priests (1 diocesan, 1 religious), 2 deacons, 2 lay religious (2 brothers) (2015)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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