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Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

Celebrations

History

  • 1958.11.13: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi / 門迪 (正體中文) / Mendien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby)
  • 1965.07.06: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Mendi / 門迪 (正體中文) / Mendien(sis) (Latin)
  • 1966.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Mendi / 門迪 (正體中文) / Mendien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Madang)
  • 1971.01.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kerema
  • 1982.03.18: Became suffragan of Mount Hagen

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 69, Mendi, Southern Highlands Province 251, Papua New Guinea

Phone: 54.91.102

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,500 km²

Population: 86,129 Catholics (9.7% of 889,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 44 priests (19 diocesan, 25 religious), 97 religious (34 brothers, 63 sisters), 25 seminarians