Diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kundiawa / 孔迪亞瓦 (正體中文) / Kundiavan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mount Hagen

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mendi (↙), Mount Hagen (←), Madang (↗), Goroka (→), Kerema (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1982.06.08: Established as Diocese of Kundiawa / 孔迪亞瓦 (正體中文) / Kundiavan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Goroka and became suffragan of Mount Hagen)

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 177, Kundiawa, Simbu Province 461, Papua New Guinea

Phone: 53.51.007

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.03 – ...):

Bishop Paul Sundu (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kundiawa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Sundu (52)
(2021.04.03 – ...)

Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea)

Yumi manpela femilii stap laip insait long bodi bilong krais

Born:	1973.07.27 (Womatne, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	2006.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.03

Priest of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (2006.01.17 – 2021.04.03)

Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (2021.04.03 – ...)

Bishop Anton Bal (62) (later Archbishop)
(2009.01.12 – 2019.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea)

Mi wantaim yi i sios i stap laip long kraist

Born:	1963.11.29 (Yuri, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.10

Priest of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (1991.12.17 – 2007.06.05)

Titular Bishop of Tamalluma (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12)

Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (2009.01.12 – 2019.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (2019.07.26 – ...)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (2020.07.02 – 2023?)

Bishop Johannes Henricus J. Te Maarssen, S.V.D. (92)
(2000.05.10 – 2009.01.12)

Bishop emeritus of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea)

Via veritatis

Born:	1933.09.03 (Groenlo, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1960.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.24

Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (2000.05.10 – 2009.01.12)

Bishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)
(1982.06.08 – 1999.10.15)

To evangelize

Born:	1935.05.28 (Kepa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1962.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.08
Died:	2023.02.14 (Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea † 87)

Bishop of Kundiawa (Papua New Guinea) (1982.06.08 – 1999.10.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (1999.10.15 – 2001.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (2001.07.24 – 2010.11.30)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anton Bal (62) (later Archbishop) (2007.06.05 – 2009.01.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kundiawa, Chimbu

Mendi (↙), Mount Hagen (←), Madang (↗), Goroka (→), Kerema (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,112 km²

Population: 75,930 Catholics (26.0% of 291,485 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 21 priests (12 diocesan, 9 religious), 36 religious (9 brothers, 27 sisters), 20 seminarians