Diocese of Daru-Kiunga
Daruen(sis)-Kiungan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Daru-Kiunga is a Latin rite diocese covering Western Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby. Erected as a prefecture apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, it is headquartered in Kiunga and spans about 99,600 square kilometers.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 September 1987
- Latin
- Daruen(sis)-Kiungan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001277
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,097
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 2,847
- Extent
- 99,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.
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
St. Gerard’s Cathedral stands in Daru-Kiunga, 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 BereinaBereina
- Diocese of KeremaKerema
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Daru-Kiunga, a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby, began as a prefecture apostolic erected in 1959 and became a diocese in 1966.
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].