Diocese of Bereina
Bereinitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bereina, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Bereina is a Latin rite diocese in Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby. It was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, covering some 20,146 square kilometers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Bereinitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000888
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,360
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 9,124
- Extent
- 20,146 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Otto Separy
- Born
- 5 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Kubila
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Bereina, 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.
The province of Port Moresby
A suffragan of Port Moresby.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Port MoresbyPort Moresby
- Diocese of Alotau-SideiaAlotau-Sideia
- Diocese of Daru-KiungaDaru-Kiunga
- Diocese of KeremaKerema
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and raised to a diocese in 1966, the Diocese of Bereina is a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].