Diocese of Lae
Laën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lae, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Lae is a Latin rite diocese covering Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. Erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1959, it was elevated to a diocese in 1966. Its seat is St. Mary's Cathedral in Lae.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Laën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001931
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,400
- Population
- 657,000
- Catholic share
- 5.5%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 1,456
- Extent
- 1,701,623 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Rozario Menezes, S.M.M.
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. Mary's Cathedral, Lae stands in Lae, 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 Madang
A suffragan of Madang.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MadangMadang
- Diocese of AitapeAitape
- Diocese of VanimoVanimo
- Diocese of WewakWewak
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Papua New Guinea, the Diocese of Lae serves as a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. It began as a Vicariate Apostolic erected in 1959 and attained diocesan status 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].