Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld (born in 1912 in

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) was an

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clergyman and

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for the

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. He was appointed bishop of Wewak in 1948, and Archbishop of Madang in 1975 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 1999.

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1912 births 1999 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Madang Roman Catholic bishops of Wewak 20th-century American Roman Catholic bishops {{US-RC-bishop-stub