Diocese of Wewak
Ueuaken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wewak, Papua New Guinea
The Diocese of Wewak is a Latin rite diocese covering East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madang. It was elevated to a diocese on 15 November 1966 in the reorganization of the Papua New Guinea hierarchy. Its seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Wewak.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 November 1966
- Latin
- Ueuaken(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000149
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 241,000
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 7,774
- Extent
- 36,917 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.5
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
- Jozef Roszynski, 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
Christ the King Cathedral, Wewak stands in Wewak, 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 LaeLae
- Diocese of VanimoVanimo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Chancery Office, P.O. Box 107, Wewak, E.S.P. 531, Papua New Guinea
- Telephone
- 456-1675; fax 456-2573
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].