Diocese of Vanimo
Uanimitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Vanimo is a Latin rite diocese covering West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. Erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1963, it was elevated to a diocese on 15 November 1966 and counts 13 parishes and 96 mission stations. Its seat is the Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral in Vanimo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Uanimitan(us)
- Patron
- The Holy Cross
- Annuario code
- 001000075
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,765
- Population
- 111,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 34.0%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 1,453
- Extent
- 26,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Francis Meli
- Born
- 21 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Poi Island
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 Cross Pro-Cathedral, Vanimo stands in Vanimo, 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 LaeLae
- Diocese of WewakWewak
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the province of West Sepik (Sandaun) in Papua New Guinea, the Diocese of Vanimo is a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madang and depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Holy Cross Pro-cathedral in Vanimo.
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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.