Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Aitape / 艾塔佩 (正體中文) / Aitapen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Madang
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 179, Aitape 553, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Phone: 457.2111
Bishop (2021.05.13 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Aitape (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea)
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Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea)
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Bishop Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M.
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Bishop Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) The Gospel of the Lord / Bihainim krais
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Bishop William Kevin Rowell, O.F.M.
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Bishop Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M.
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Vicars Apostolic of Aitape (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Aitape (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Ignatius John Doggett, O.F.M. (later Bishop) (see above) |
Area: 18,200 km²
Population: 167,747 Catholics (84.7% of 198,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 16 priests (8 diocesan, 8 religious), 51 religious (20 brothers, 31 sisters), 1 seminarian
Last updated on 2025.01.27
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