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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Goroka
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. In 1982, part of the diocese was separated to become the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa, Diocese of Kundiawa. Bishops Ordinaries *Bernard Schilling, S.V.D. (1959–1966) *John Edward Cohill, S.V.D. (1966–1980) *Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. (1980–1987) *Michael Marai (1988–1994) *Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (1995–2016) - presently Bishop Emeritus *Dariusz Kałuża, M.S.F. (2016–2020) *Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (2022–present) Coadjutor bishop *Raymond Caesar, Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. (1978-1980) External links and references * References Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Mount Hagen, Goroka {{PapuaNewGuinea-RC-diocese-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Mount Hagen
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen () is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Goroka, Kundiawa, Mendi and Wabag. History The Archdiocese of Mount Hagen was established on 18 June 1959 by Pope John XXIII as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mount Hagen from the territorial cessions of the Apostolic Vicariates of Alexishafen and Wewak. On 15 November 1966, the Apostolic Vicariate of Mount Hagen was elevated to the rank of a diocese, with the Archdiocese of Madang being the metropolitan. On 18 March 1982, the Diocese of Mount Hagen ceded parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Wabag and was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese. Bishops Archbishops of Mount Hagen * George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. (1959–1987) * Michael Meier, S.V.D. (1987–2006) * Douglas William Young, S.V.D. (2006–2025) * Clement Papa (2025–present) Coadjutor archbishop * Michael Meier, S.V.D. (1984–1987) * Clement Papa (2024� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goroka
Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the " Highlands Highway", about from Lae in Morobe province and from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Other nearby towns include Kundiawa in Simbu Province and Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province. It has a mild climate, known as a "perpetual Spring". It is the home of several national institutions: CRMF Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship, the PNG Institute of Medical Research, the National Film Institute, thLiturgical Catechetical Institute the Melanesian Institute, the Raun Raun Theatre Company and the University of Goroka. Several NGOs also have presences there, including Oxfam and Save the Children. The town's single largest hotel is the Bird of Paradise, owned by the Coral Seas Hotels chain. Coffee is a common cash crop in the area; smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicariate Apostolic
An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. The status of apostolic vicariate is often a promotion for a former apostolic prefecture, while either may have started out as a mission ''sui iuris''. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. The hope is that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics for the Church to create a diocese one day. It is exempt under canon law, directly subject to the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization of the Vatican in Rome. Like the stage of apostolic prefecture which often precedes it, the vicariate is not part of an ecclesiastical province. It is intended to mature in developing Catholic members until it can be promoted to a (usually suffragan) diocese. The Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church counterpart is an (apostolic, patriarcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Kundiawa
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea. It was erected in 1982, having been separated from the Diocese of Goroka. Bishops Ordinaries * William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. (1982–1999), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang * Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (2000–2009) * Anton Bal (2009–2019), appointed Archbishop of Madang * Paul Sundu (2021–present) Auxiliary bishop * Anton Bal (2007-2009), appointed Bishop here External links and references * Kundiawa Kundiawa is the capital of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea, with a population of 8,147 (2000 Census). It lies along the Highlands Highway approximately halfway between Goroka and Mount Hagen, respectively the capitals of the Eastern Highlands an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariusz Kałuża MSF
Dariusz is a male given name, predominantly in Polish. Etymologically, it derives from the Proto-Slavic "dar" gift, and signifies the giver/gift giver or possessors as well as "goods", and Persian name '' Dariush'', meaning "he possesses" or "good". Given name A * Dariusz Adamczuk (born 1969), Polish footballer * Dariusz Adamczyk (born 1966), Polish-German historian * Dariusz Adamus (born 1957), Polish javelin thrower B *Dariusz Baliszewski (1946–2020), Polish historian * Dariusz Banasik (born 1973), Polish football manager * Dariusz Baranowski (born 1972), Polish cyclist * Dariusz Batek (born 1986), Polish cyclist *Dariusz Bayer (born 1964), Polish footballer * Dariusz Białkowski (born 1970), Polish canoeist * Dariusz Biczysko (born 1962), Polish high jumper * Dariusz Bladek (born 1994), Canadian football player * Dariusz Brytan (born 1967), Polish footballer *Dariusz Brzozowski (born 1980), Polish drummer * Dariusz Bugajski (born 1970), Polish naval officer C *Dariusz Czykie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Schilling
Bernard Schilling (born in 1914 in Somborn) was a German clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. In 1982, part of the diocese was separated .... He was appointed vicar apostolic of Goroka and titular bishop of Callipolis in 1959. He resigned in 1966 due to ill health. He died in 1992. References 1914 births 1992 deaths 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Goroka 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Cohill
John Edward Cohill (December 13, 1907–June 13, 1994) was an American clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka in Papua New Guinea. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey Elizabeth is a City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.1907 births 1994 deaths People from Elizabeth, New Jersey [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Rodly Caesar
Raymond Rodly Caesar, SVD (14 February 1932 – 18 June 1987) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Goroka in Papua New Guinea from 1980 until his death in 1987. He was the first African American to serve as a Catholic bishop outside of the United States. Biography Born in Eunice, Louisiana, to Celina Comeaux and Prosper Caesar, Caesar was ordained to the priesthood for the Society of the Divine Word in 1961, during a period when African-American priests were still few and far-between. He had graduated from St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, the only seminary in the United States created to educate African Americans specifically. The White Supremacist climate of the United States at the time dictated, for most Catholic ordinaries, that Black priests could not enter their seminaries or serve in their dioceses—which meant that the first prospective Black priests from the US were sent to study abroad. Most of these priests w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Marai
Michael Marai (1948 – November 3, 2021) was a Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate and bishop emeritus of Goroka. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka from 1988 until in 1994. Marai was born in 1948 on Mushu Island, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, in present-day East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest on December 6, 1976. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Goroka on October 25, 1988. Marai served as the bishop until he stepped down on November 15, 1994. Marai died from cancer at the Wirui Retirement House in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, on November 3, 2021, at the age of 73. His funeral mass was held at the Wirui Sound Shell in Wirui on November 16, 2021. He was buried in Wirui Cemetery alongside other PNG bishops, including Leo Arkfeld and Cherubim Dambui. References 1948 births 2021 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Goroka Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Sarego
Francesco Sarego (born August 1, 1939, in Cologna Veneta) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka. He was appointed bishop in 1995. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Francesco Sarego retired in 2016. See also *Catholic Church in Poland Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Holy See, Rome. The Latin Church includes 41 dioceses. There are three eparchies of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in th ... References External links 1939 births Living people 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Goroka People from Cologna Veneta {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
