Mission sui juris of Funafuti, Tuvalu

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Mission sui juris Independent Mission

Name: Funafuti / Funafutin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Suva

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1982.09.10: Established as Mission sui juris of Funafuti / Funafutin(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti and became suffragan of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau)
2003.03.21: Became suffragan of Suva

Present Prelates

Ecclesiastical Superior (2024.06.03 – ...):

Fr. Eliseo Napiere (那禮叟), M.S.P. (59)

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Funafuti (Roman Rite)

Fr. Eliseo Napiere (那禮叟), M.S.P. (59)
(2024.06.03 – ...)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu)

Born:	1965.06.14 (Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.19

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (2024.06.03 – ...)

Fr. Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado, M.S.P. (65) (later Bishop)
(2014.02.24 – 2023.12.08)

Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)

Born:	1959.08.05 (Muntinlupa City, Philippines)
Ordained Priest:	1988.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.27

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (2014.02.24 – 2023.12.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (2023.12.08 – 2024.06.29)

Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (2024.06.29 – ...)

Fr. John Rarikin Ikataere, M.S.C.
(2010.09.24 – 2014.02.08)

Born:	1944.01.06 (Kiribati)
Ordained Priest:	1972.09.30
Died:	2014.02.08 († 70)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (2010.09.24 – 2014.02.08)

Fr. Camille DesRosiers, S.M.
(1986.07.14 – 2010.09.24)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1928.10.14 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.05
Died:	2016.05.16 († 87)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (1986.07.14 – 2010.09.24)

Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M.
(1985.08.07 – 1986.07.14)

Born:	1915.10.09 (New Zealand)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.02.11
Died:	1997.01.10 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands (Tonga) (1953.06.29 – 1957.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Sbida (1953.06.29 – 1966.06.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Tonga Islands and Niue (Tonga) (1957.03.22 – 1966.06.21)

Bishop of Tonga (Tonga) (1966.06.21 – 1972.04.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (1971 – 1973.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1972.04.07 – 1973.03.01)

Bishop of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (1973.03.01 – 1977.03.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (New Zealand) (1977.03.21 – 1985)

Titular Bishop of Nigizubi (1977.03.21 – 1997.01.10)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (1985.08.07 – 1986.07.14)

Cardinal Pio Taofinu’u, S.M.
(1982.09.10 – 1985.08.07)

Tuutuu i le loloto

Born:	1923.12.08 (Falealupo, Samoa)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.05.29
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	2006.01.19 (Apia, Samoa † 82)

Bishop of Apia (Samoa) (1968.01.11 – 1974.08.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1973.03.05 – 2006.01.19)

Bishop of Samoa and Tokelau (Samoa) (1974.08.10 – 1982.09.10)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Funafuti (Tuvalu) (1982.09.10 – 1985.08.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa) (1982.09.10 – 1986.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia and Tokelau (Samoa) (1982.09.10 – 1992.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Samoa–Apia (Samoa) (1992.06.26 – 2002.11.16)

Churches by City (1)

Tarawa and Nauru (↖), Tokelau (→), Wallis et Futuna (↘), Suva (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26 km²

Population: 110 Catholics (1.0% of 11,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1 parish

Personnel: 1 priest (religious), 1 religious (1 brother)