Bernard Schilling (born in 1914 in Somborn) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

clergyman and

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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.

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