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Suffragan diocese Aitape, Papua New Guinea

Diocese of Aitape

Aitapen(sis)

The Diocese of Aitape is a Latin rite diocese on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. The jurisdiction was erected in 1952 and became a diocese in the 1966 reorganization of the Papua New Guinea hierarchy.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Ignatius Cathedral, in Aitape, Papua New Guinea.

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Established
1952
Catholics
166,100
Priests
20
Territory
18,200 km²

Parishes and churches

32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N.

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The cathedral

St. Ignatius Cathedral stands in Aitape, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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