Diocese of Goroka
Gorokan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Goroka, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Goroka is a Latin rite diocese in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. Erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966, it ceded territory in 1982 to create the Diocese of Kundiawa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Gorokan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001507
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,898
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 1,490
- Extent
- 11,157 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Walenty Gryk, 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
Mary Help of Christians Cathedral stands in Goroka, 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 Mount Hagen
A suffragan of Mount Hagen.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mount HagenMount Hagen
- Diocese of KundiawaKundiawa
- Diocese of MendiMendi
- Diocese of WabagWabag
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Goroka, this Latin Catholic diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen. Erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and made a diocese in 1966, it lost part of its territory in 1982 when the Diocese of Kundiawa was separated from it.
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].