Diocese of Lae
Laën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lae, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Lae is a Latin rite diocese covering Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. Erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1959, it was elevated to a diocese in 1966. Its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Lae.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Laën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001931
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,400
- Population
- 657,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 1,456
- Extent
- 1,701,623 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Rozario Menezes, S.M.M.
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. Mary's Cathedral, Lae stands in Lae, 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 Madang
A suffragan of Madang.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MadangMadang
- Diocese of AitapeAitape
- Diocese of VanimoVanimo
- Diocese of WewakWewak
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Papua New Guinea, the Diocese of Lae serves as a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. It began as a Vicariate Apostolic erected in 1959 and attained diocesan status in 1966.
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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.