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Metropolitan see Nouméa, New Caledonia

Archdiocese of Nouméa

Numean(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph Cathedral, Noumea, in Nouméa, New Caledonia.

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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.

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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.