Archdiocese of Suva
Suvan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Suva, Fiji
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering Fiji, originating as the Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji in 1887 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese in 1966. Its suffragans are Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Tarawa and Nauru, and the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Tuvalu). Its seat is Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 June 1966
- Latin
- Suvan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001003132
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 66,000
- Priests
- 124
- Catholics per priest
- 532
- Extent
- 18,274 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.6
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
- Peter Loy Chong
- Born
- 30 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Natovi
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva stands in Suva, 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 Suva
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of RarotongaRarotonga
- Diocese of Tarawa and NauruTarawa and Nauru
- Mission Sui Iuris of FunafutiFunafuti
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Fiji's Latin Catholic metropolitan archdiocese is the Archdiocese of Suva (Latin: Archidioecesis Suvana), created in 1966 as successor to the Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji. Its responsibility extends to the suffragan dioceses of Rarotonga and Tarawa and Nauru, and, since 21 March 2003, to the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].