Diocese of

Daru–Kiunga 𝐖

Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Daru–Kiunga / 達魯-基永加 (正體中文) / Daruen(sis)–Kiungan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Port Moresby

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1959.07.16: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Daru / Daruen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby)
1966.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Daru / Daruen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Port Moresby)
1987.09.04: Renamed as Diocese of Daru–Kiunga / 達魯-基永加 (正體中文) / Daruen(sis)–Kiungan(us) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 42, Kiunga, W.P. 335, Papua New Guinea

Phone: 6491.078

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.23 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Daru–Kiunga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. (55)
(2021.05.23 – ...)

Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea)

Love, honesty and trust

Born:	1969.04.13 (Dapa, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1995.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.29

Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea) (2021.05.23 – ...)

Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (79)
(1999.01.02 – 2021.05.23)

Bishop emeritus of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea)

To serve joyfully

Born:	1945.11.24 (Vanier, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.23

Titular Bishop of Cissa (1995.02.03 – 1999.01.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea) (1995.02.03 – 1999.01.02)

Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea) (1999.01.02 – 2021.05.23)

Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M.
(1987.09.04 – 1999.01.02)

Omnia omnibus pastor

Born:	1929.07.04 (Eastview, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1954.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.01.21
Died:	2022.02.25 (Sainte-Dorothée, QC, Canada † 92)

Prefect Apostolic of Daru (Papua New Guinea) (1961.10.17 – 1966.11.15)

Bishop of Daru (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1987.09.04)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (1987 – 1990)

Bishop of Daru–Kiunga (Papua New Guinea) (1987.09.04 – 1999.01.02)

Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea) (1999.01.02 – 2002.02.12)

Bishops of Daru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M.
(1966.11.15 – 1987.09.04)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Daru (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. (later Bishop)
(1961.10.17 – 1966.11.15)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (79) (1995.02.03 – 1999.01.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Gerard’s Cathedral, Kiunga, Western
Co-Cathedral: St. Louis de Montfort Co-Cathedral, Daru, Western

Merauke (↙), Vanimo (↑), Aitape (↑), Mendi (→), Kerema (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 99,600 km²

Population: 54,097 Catholics (24.7% of 218,867 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (5 diocesan, 14 religious), 44 religious (18 brothers, 26 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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