Archdiocese of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

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History

• 1889.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of New Guinea (from Apostolic Vicariate of Melanesia)
• 1922.11.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Papua
• 1938.03.29: Lost territory to Diocese of Darwin
• 1946.06.13: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby / 莫爾茲比港 (正體中文) / Portus Moresbien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Samarai)
• 1958.11.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi
• 1959.07.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Yule Island and Apostolic Prefecture of Daru
• 1966.11.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port Moresby / 莫爾茲比港 (正體中文) / Portus Moresbien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bereina, Daru and Sideia)
• 1971.01.16: Gained suffragan see Kerema

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Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1984.05, 1995.01)
• Pope Francis (2024.09)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

• Coadjutor Archbishop:  Archbishop John Ribat, M.S.C. (67) (later Cardinal) (2007.04.16 – 2008.03.26)
• Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic:  Bishop Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C. (later Archbishop) (1899.05.23 – 1908.01)
• Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic:  Bishop Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C. (1889.12.28 – 1892.11.13)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Cherubim Alfred Dambui (2000.10.30 – 2010.06.24)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Herman To Paivu (later Archbishop) (1974.07.01 – 1975.12.19)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. (1970.09.21 – 1976.03.01)

Statistics (2019.12.31)