Archdiocese of Mount Hagen
Montis Hagen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
The Archdiocese of Mount Hagen is the Latin rite metropolitan see of the Papua New Guinea highlands, with the Dioceses of Goroka, Kundiawa, Mendi and Wabag as suffragans. Erected as a vicariate apostolic on 18 June 1959 from territory of the Alexishafen and Wewak vicariates, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 18 March 1982.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1982
- Latin
- Montis Hagen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002308
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 224,680
- Population
- 771,383
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.1%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 4,884
- Extent
- 8,288 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Archbishop
- Clement Papa
- Born
- 22 February 1971
- Birthplace
- Mount Hagen
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral stands in Mount Hagen, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GorokaGoroka
- Diocese of KundiawaKundiawa
- Diocese of MendiMendi
- Diocese of WabagWabag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Papua New Guinea's Archdiocese of Mount Hagen (Latin: Archidiœcesis Hagensis Mons) is a Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese with responsibility for four suffragan dioceses: Goroka, Kundiawa, Mendi, and Wabag.
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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.