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Suffragan diocese Port-Vila, Vanuatu

Diocese of Port-Vila

Portus Vilen(sis)

The Latin rite Diocese of Port-Vila covers the entire island nation of Vanuatu. Erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of the New Hebrides on 9 February 1901, raised to an Apostolic Vicariate in 1904, it became a diocese on 21 June 1966 under Pope Paul VI and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Noumea. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Port-Vila.

On the map

Esri
Port-Vila, Vanuatu, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1901
Catholics
29,500
Priests
29
Territory
11,870 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jean Bosco Baremes, SM

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Port-Vila stands in Port-Vila, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Vanuatu's Diocese of Port-Vila (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Vilensis; French: Diocèse de Port-Vila) is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Nouméa, with a territory embracing the whole island of Vanuatu.