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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak

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Roman Catholic diocese in Papua New Guinea

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang. It was elevated to a diocese in 1966.

Bishops

Bishops of Wewak

Camisio Teodoro Gellings, SS.CC. (1913−1918)
Adalberto Ottone Rielander, SS.CC.(1918−1922)
Teodosio Heikenrath, (1922-1923)
Giuseppe Lörks, S.V.D. (1928−1945)
Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. (1948−1975)
Raymond Kalisz, S.V.D. (1980−2002)
Anthony Joseph Burgess (2002−2013)
Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. (2015–present); was Polish religious missionary priest in the Diocese; consecrated and installed 25 April 2015

Coadjutor bishop

Anthony Joseph Burgess (2000-2002)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Michael Marai, appointed Bishop of Goroka in 1988
Cherubim Alfred Dambui, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby in 2000
Otto Separy, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape in 2007

See also

Catholic Church in Oceania

References

"Web Translator".

External links and references

"Diocese of Wewak". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-07.

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