Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Mount Hagen / 芒特哈根 (正體中文) / Montis Hagen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Goroka, Kundiawa, Mendi, Wabag

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1959.06.18: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Mount Hagen / 芒特哈根 (正體中文) / Montis Hagen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Alexishafen and Apostolic Vicariate of Wewak)
1966.11.15: Promoted as Diocese of Mount Hagen / 芒特哈根 (正體中文) / Montis Hagen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Madang)
1982.03.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mount Hagen / 芒特哈根 (正體中文) / Montis Hagen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Goroka, Mendi and Wabag and lost territory to establish Diocese of Wabag)
1982.06.08: Gained suffragan see Kundiawa

Contact Info

Address: Archbishop’s Office, P.O. Box 54, Mount Hagen, W.H.P. 281, Papua New Guinea

Phone: 54.21.285

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.05)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006.07.17 – ...):	Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. (74)
Coadjutor Archbishop (2024.05.17 – ...):	Archbishop-elect Clement Papa (53)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Mount Hagen (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. (74)
(2006.07.17 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea)

To live faithfully

Born:	1950.01.23 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1977.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.07.02

Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari (2000.04.14 – 2006.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (2000.04.14 – 2006.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (2006.07.17 – ...)

Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D.
(1987.03.07 – 2006.07.17)

Lumen fidei

Born:	1928.10.19 (Wolfshausen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1957.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.08.15
Died:	2022.04.03 (Wendelinusheim, Germany † 93)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1984.07.02 – 1987.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1987.03.07 – 2006.07.17)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (1990 – 1993)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) (1991 – 1995.12.06)

Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D.
(1982.03.18 – 1987.03.07)

Born:	1912.02.15 (Carrick, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.04.21
Died:	1987.12.21 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Belabitene (1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

Bishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1982.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea) (1982.03.18 – 1987.03.07)

Bishops of Mount Hagen (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)
(1966.11.15 – 1982.03.18)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Mount Hagen (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)
(1959.12.19 – 1966.11.15)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Michael Meier, S.V.D. (1984.07.02 – 1987.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. (74) (later Archbishop) (2000.04.14 – 2006.07.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Holy Trinity Cathedral, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands

Mendi (↙), Wabag (↖), Madang (↗), Kundiawa (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,288 km²

Population: 224,680 Catholics (29.1% of 771,383 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 46 priests (28 diocesan, 18 religious), 63 religious (25 brothers, 38 sisters), 15 seminarians