Suffragan diocese Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
Diocese of Vanimo
Uanimitan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Vanimo is a Latin rite diocese covering West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. Erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1963, it was elevated to a diocese on 15 November 1966 and counts 13 parishes and 96 mission stations. Its seat is the Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral in Vanimo.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 37,765
- Priests
- 26
- Territory
- 26,000 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francis Meli
- Born
- 21 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Poi Island
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The cathedral
Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral, Vanimo stands in Vanimo, 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.
History
In the province of West Sepik (Sandaun) in Papua New Guinea, the Diocese of Vanimo is a Latin Catholic suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madang and depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Holy Cross Pro-cathedral in Vanimo.