Mission sui juris of

Tokelau

Tokelau Tokelau

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Mission sui juris Independent Mission

Name: Tokelau / Tokelaun(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Samoa–Apia

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Ecclesiastical Superior (2024.12.21 – ...):Archbishop Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. (63)Archbishop Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Tokelau (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. (63)Archbishop Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.D.B. (63)
(2024.12.21 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)
Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau)

Vivi’i lo’u loto i le Ali’i

Born:1961.11.09 (Apia, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:1994.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:2024.08.22

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (2024.06.12 – ...)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2024.12.21 – ...)

Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (77)Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.07.26 – 2024.12.21)

Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga
(2015.12.22 – 2023.04.25)

Born:1953.01.04 (Sataua, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:1977.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.03
Died:2023.04.25 (Auckland, New Zealand † 70)

Priest of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (1977.07.05 – 2002.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (2002.11.16 – 2023.04.25)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2015.12.22 – 2023.04.25)

Fr. Oliver Pugoy Aro, M.S.P.
(2011.05.06 – 2015)

Born:1961.10.10 (Pagadian City, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:1997.01.02

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (2011.05.06 – 2015)

Msgr. Patrick Edward O’Connor
(1992.06.26 – 2011.05)

Born:1932.03.08 (New Zealand)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.16
Died:2014.12.03 († 82)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (Tokelau) (1992.06.26 – 2011.05)

Special Churches

Wallis et Futuna (↙), Funafuti (←), Tarawa and Nauru (↑), Rarotonga (→), Samoa–Pago Pago (↓), Samoa–Apia (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 10 km²

Population: 650 Catholics (47.3% of 1,373 total)

Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 3 priests (1 diocesan, 2 religious), 2 deacons, 2 religious (2 brothers)

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Last updated on 2025.02.11

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