Diocese of Auki
Aukin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Auki, Solomon Islands
Latin-rite diocese covering Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands, erected in 1982 from the Archdiocese of Honiara, of which it is a suffragan. Bishop Jacob Aba, S.M., a Malaitan Marist, was appointed by Pope Francis on 28 October 2025 following the transfer of Bishop Peter Houhou to Gizo in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1982
- Latin
- Aukin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000755
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 51,836
- Population
- 164,345
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 31.5%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 1,994
- Extent
- 4,234 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Jacob Aba, S.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
Catedral de San Agustín stands in Auki, 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 Honiara
A suffragan of Honiara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HoniaraHoniara
- Diocese of GizoGizo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Carved out of part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara in 1982, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auki serves the Solomon Islands as a suffragan of that archdiocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Catholic Diocese of Gizo, P.O. Box 22, Western Province, Auki, Solomon Islands
- Telephone
- 40.130
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.