Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang
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Archdiocese of Madang Archidioecesis Madangana | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,732[1] km2 (11,093 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016[1]) 521216 180224 (24.58%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Anton Bal |
| Bishops emeritus | Stephen Joseph Reichert, OFMCap |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak.
The Archdiocese was created in 1966 when it was elevated from a predecessor see.
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang, appointed by Pope Francis on 26 July 2019, is the former Bishop of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea, Anton Bal. He succeeded Archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, OFMCap, whose resignation was accepted after he reached the age limit.
Bishops
[edit]Archbishops of Madang (and Ordinaries of predecessor sees)
[edit]- Everardo Limbrock, SVD (1896-1914)
- Francesco Wolf, SVD (1922-1944)
- Stephen A. Appelhans, SVD (1948-1951)
- Adolph Alexander Noser, SVD (1953-1975)
- Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, SVD (1975-1987)
- Benedict To Varpin (1987-2001)
- William Joseph Kurtz, SVD (2001-2010) - presently Archbishop Emeritus
- Stephen Joseph Reichert, OFMCap (2010-2019), a Capuchin - presently Archbishop emeritus
- Anton Bal (2019–present); former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
Coadjutor archbishops
[edit]- Benedict To Varpin (1987)
- William Joseph Kurtz, SVD (1999-2001)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Archdiocese of Madang". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
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