Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau
Tokelaun(us)
Mission sui iuris · Latin Church · Tokelau
Latin Church mission sui iuris covering the New Zealand territory of Tokelau, formed in 1992 when the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau was split. It lies within the province of Samoa-Apia; the principal church is on the predominantly Catholic atoll of Nukunonu, with services in the Tokelau language.
The see
- Rank
- Mission sui iuris
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1992
- Latin
- Tokelaun(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000528
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 650
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 217
- Extent
- 10 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Ecclesiastical Superior
- Mosese Vitolio Tui
- Born
- 9 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Apia
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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
iglesia del Sagrado Corazón stands in Tokelau, 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 Samoa-Apia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Samoa-ApiaSamoa-Apia
- Diocese of Samoa-Pago PagoSamoa-Pago Pago
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tokelau's Catholics are served by the Mission sui iuris of Tokelau (Latin: Missio Sui Iuris Tokelaunum), a Latin Catholic mission suffragan to the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia. It came into being in 1992, when the former Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau was divided into the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and this mission.
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].