Diocese of Bereina
Bereinitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bereina, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Bereina is a Latin rite diocese in Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby. It was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, covering some 20,146 square kilometers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Bereinitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000888
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,360
- Population
- 147,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.2%
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 9,124
- Extent
- 20,146 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Otto Separy
- Born
- 5 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Kubila
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Bereina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Port Moresby
A suffragan of Port Moresby.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Port MoresbyPort Moresby
- Diocese of Alotau-SideiaAlotau-Sideia
- Diocese of Daru-KiungaDaru-Kiunga
- Diocese of KeremaKerema
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and raised to a diocese in 1966, the Diocese of Bereina is a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.