Suffragan diocese Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, French Polynesia
Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata
Taiohaën(us) seu Humanae Telluris
Latin Church
The Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata is a Latin rite diocese covering the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Papeete. Erected in 1848 as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Marquesas Islands, it became a diocese in 1966 and received its present name in 1974. Its seat is Notre-Dame Cathedral in Taiohae on Nuku Hiva.
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- Established
- 1848
- Catholics
- 8,310
- Priests
- 4
- Territory
- 1,250 km²
Parishes and churches
25 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ-RoiHokatu, Ua HukaView parish
- Immaculée ConceptionAtuona, Hiva OaView parish
- Immaculée ConceptionVaipaee, Ua HukaView parish
- Maria Peato, te Kui o te TehaoHakamaii, Ua PouView parish
- Notre-Dame des Îles MarquisesTaiohae, Nuku HivaView parish
- Notre-Dame du Sacré-CœurTaaoa, Hiva OaView parish
- Notre-Dame-de-LourdesHanapaaoa, Hiva OaView parish
- Notre-Dame-de-PaixOmoa, Fatu HivaView parish
- Notre-Dame-des-Sept-DouleursMotopu, TahuataView parish
- Sacré-CœurHaakuti, Ua PouView parish
- Sacré-CœurPuamau, Hiva OaView parish
- Sacrés-CœursHatiheu, Nuku HivaView parish
- Saint-Cœur-de-MarieHapatoni, TahuataView parish
- Saint-Jean-Marie-VianneyHohoi, Ua PouView parish
- Saint-JosephHanatetena, TahuataView parish
- Saint-JosephNahoe, Hiva OaView parish
- Saint-JosephTaipivai, Nuku HivaView parish
- Saint-LouisHakatao, Ua PouView parish
- Saint-MichelHanavave, Fatu HivaView parish
- Saint-ÉtienneHakahau, Ua PouView parish
- Sainte-AnneHanaiapa, Hiva OaView parish
- Sainte-Mère-de-DieuVaitahu, TahuataView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-JésusAakapa, Nuku HivaView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-JésusHakahetau, Ua PouView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-JésusHane, Ua HukaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC.
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Notre-Dame of the Marquesas Islands, Taiohae stands in Taiohae o Tefenuaenata, 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
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in French Polynesia, the Diocese of Taiohae (also Tefenuaenata, or Hakapehi; Latin: Dioecesis Taiohaënus seu Humanae Telluris; French: Diocèse de Taiohae ou Tefenuaenata) is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Papeete, while still depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Îles Marquises, dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, stands at Taiohae on Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands (French: îles Marquises).