Diocese of Daru-Kiunga
Daruen(sis)-Kiungan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Daru-Kiunga is a Latin rite diocese covering Western Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby. Erected as a prefecture apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, it is headquartered in Kiunga and spans about 99,600 square kilometers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 September 1987
- Latin
- Daruen(sis)-Kiungan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001277
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,097
- Population
- 218,867
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.7%
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 2,847
- Extent
- 99,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.
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
St. Gerard’s Cathedral stands in Daru-Kiunga, 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 BereinaBereina
- Diocese of KeremaKerema
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Daru-Kiunga, a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby, began as a prefecture apostolic erected in 1959 and became a diocese in 1966.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.