Diocese of

Goroka

Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Goroka / 戈羅卡 (正體中文) / Gorokan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mount Hagen

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1959.06.18: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Goroka / 戈羅卡 (正體中文) / Gorokan(us) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen)
1966.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Goroka / 戈羅卡 (正體中文) / Gorokan(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Madang)
1982.03.18: Became suffragan of Mount Hagen
1982.06.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kundiawa

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 109, Goroka, E.H.P., Papua New Guinea

Phone: 532.1525

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.02.14 – ...):

Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Goroka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (67)
(2022.02.14 – ...)

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

Tok bilong God, em i tok tru na laip

Born:	1957.02.23 (Uzbiereż, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1984.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.07

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (2022.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F. (57)
(2016.06.09 – 2020.09.12)

Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)

Lok tok tru na laikpasin

Born:	1967.11.05 (Pszczyna, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.20

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (2016.06.09 – 2020.09.12)

Bishop of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) (2020.09.12 – ...)

Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. (85)
(1995.12.06 – 2016.06.09)

Bishop emeritus of Goroka (Papua New Guinea)

Pax ut in insulis nuntiabunt

Born:	1939.08.01 (Cologna Veneta, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.04.27

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1995.12.06 – 2016.06.09)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (2005.07 – 2008.04)

Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D.
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1991 – 1995.12.06)

Bishop Michael Marai
(1988.10.25 – 1994.11.15)

Born:	1948 (Muschu Island, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.23
Died:	2021.11.03 (Wewak, Papua New Guinea † 72)

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1988.10.25 – 1994.11.15)

Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D.
(1980.08.30 – 1987.06.18)

Born:	1932.02.14 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.10.25
Died:	1987.06.18 († 55)

Coadjutor Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1978.07.13 – 1980.08.30)

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1980.08.30 – 1987.06.18)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (1983 – 1984)

Bishop John Edward Cohill, S.V.D.
(1966.11.15 – 1980.08.30)

Born:	1907.12.13 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1936.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.03.11
Died:	1994.06.13 († 86)

Bishop of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1980.08.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Goroka (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernard Schilling, S.V.D.
(1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

Born:	1914.10.02 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1947.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.03.19
Died:	1992.06.16 († 77)

Vicar Apostolic of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Lae (Papua New Guinea) (1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Callipolis (1959.12.19 – 1992.06.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Raymond Rodly Caesar, S.V.D. (1978.07.13 – 1980.08.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Goroka, Eastern Highlands

Kundiawa (←), Madang (↑), Lae (→), Kerema (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,157 km²

Population: 15,420 Catholics (2.3% of 677,790 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 10 priests (2 diocesan, 8 religious), 22 religious (14 brothers, 8 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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