Metropolitan see Nouméa, New Caledonia
Archdiocese of Nouméa
Numean(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering New Caledonia, seated in Noumea. Erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of New Caledonia in 1847 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 21 June 1966, with the Dioceses of Wallis et Futuna and Port-Vila as suffragans. Its seat is St. Joseph Cathedral, Noumea.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Priests
- 24
- Territory
- 19,103 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Saint-JosephNouméa · CathedralView parish
- Auteuil-DumbéaDumbéaView parish
- Bon-PasteurVallée-du-Tir, NouméaView parish
- BondéOuégoaView parish
- Canala-NakétyCanalaView parish
- ConceptionMont-DoreView parish
- Cœur immaculé de Marie (Église du Vœu)Quartiers-Sud, NouméaView parish
- Hnathalo-LifouLifouView parish
- Houaïlou-NindhiaHouaïlouView parish
- KonéKonéView parish
- L'EspérancePortes-de-Fer, NouméaView parish
- MaréMaré, Îles LoyautéView parish
- Nékliaï-Poya-NépouiPoyaView parish
- Pouébo-BaladePouéboView parish
- Rivière-SaléeRivière-Salée, NouméaView parish
- Sacré-CœurPaïtaView parish
- Sacré-CœurBourailView parish
- Saint-François-de-SalesThioView parish
- Saint-Jean-BaptisteVallée-des-Colons, NouméaView parish
- Saint-JosephOuvéaView parish
- Saint-LouisMont-DoreView parish
- Saint-MichelMontravel, NouméaView parish
- Saint-MichelFayaoué, OuvéaView parish
- Saint-NomTouhoView parish
- Saint-PierreBelepView parish
- Saint-PierreHienghèneView parish
- Saint-Pierre-ChanelAzareu, BourailView parish
- Saint-Vincent-de-PaulLa FoaView parish
- Sainte-AnneMagenta, NouméaView parish
- Sainte-Jeanne-d'ArcKoumacView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Susitino Sionepoe
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The cathedral
St. Joseph Cathedral, Noumea stands in Nouméa, 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.
History
Established in 1966, the Archdiocese of Nouméa (Latin: Archidioecesis Numeanus; French: Archidiocèse de Nouméa) is the metropolitan see of New Caledonia, with responsibility for the suffragan dioceses of Port-Vila and Wallis et Futuna.