Catholic ChurchinIndependent State of Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) |
Also known as: Papua-Neuguinea (Deutsch), Papúa Nueva Guinea (español), la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée (français), Papua Nuova Guinea (Italiano), Papua-Nowa Gwinea (polski), Papua-Nova Guiné (Português), 巴布亞新畿內亞 (正體中文), パプアニューギニア (日本語), Papua Nova Guinea (latine)
Roman Rite (19): Aitape, Alotau–Sideia, Bereina, Bougainville, Daru–Kiunga, Goroka, Kavieng, Kerema, Kimbe, Kundiawa, Lae, Madang, Mendi, Mount Hagen, Port Moresby, Rabaul, Vanimo, Wabag, Wewak
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Apostolic Nunciature: Papua New Guinea
Conference of Bishops: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.)
Patron Saint: St. Michael
Saints: 2 Blesseds
Continent: Oceania
Capital: Port Moresby
Area: 452,860 km²
Population: 6,909,701
Neighbouring Countries: ← Indonesia , ↑ Micronesia , → Solomon Islands , ↓ Australia
Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 69.4% (Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%), Baha'i 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%
Languages: Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); many languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers
Ethnic Groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Motto: Unity in Diversity (English)
Area: 462,840 km²
Catholic Population: 2,476,000 Catholics (30.5% of 8,125,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 453 parishes, 804 mission stations (56 with resident priest, 748 without resident priest), 165 other centres
Clergy: 27 bishops (17 diocesan, 10 titular), 599 priests (304 diocesan, 295 religious), 1 permanent deacon (religious)
Non-Clergy: 995 religious (179 brothers, 816 sisters), 306 major seminarians, 12 missionaries, 2,709 catechists
Last updated on 2024.12.16
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