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Suffragan diocese Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Diocese of Goroka

Gorokan(us)

Latin Church

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, in Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

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Established
1959
Catholics
14,898
Priests
10
Territory
11,157 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Walenty Gryk, S.V.D.

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The cathedral

Mary Help of Christians Cathedral stands in Goroka, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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