Suffragan diocese Aitape, Papua New Guinea
Diocese of Aitape
Aitapen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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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