Diocese of Mendi
Mendien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mendi, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Mendi is a Latin rite diocese covering the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. Erected as a prefecture apostolic in 1958 and a vicariate in 1965, it was elevated to a diocese on 15 November 1966.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Mendien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002220
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 71,832
- Population
- 546,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.1%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 1,633
- Extent
- 19,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap.
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
Mother of the Divine Shepherd Cathedral stands in Mendi, 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 Mount Hagen
A suffragan of Mount Hagen.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mount HagenMount Hagen
- Diocese of GorokaGoroka
- Diocese of KundiawaKundiawa
- Diocese of WabagWabag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Mendi, Papua New Guinea, this Latin Catholic diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. It was first erected as a Prefecture Apostolic in 1958, raised to a Vicariate Apostolic in 1965, and then, together with other Oceanic vicariates and prefectures, elevated to a diocese on 15 November 1966. Donald Lippert, OFMCap, serves as bishop.
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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.