Diocese of

Wabag

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wabag / 瓦巴格 (ζ­£ι«”δΈ­ζ–‡) / Uabagan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mount Hagen

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Contact Info

Address: Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 191, Wabag, Enga Province 291, Papua New Guinea

Phone: 547.1096

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.07.07 – ...):Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (52)Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wabag (Roman Rite)

Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (52)Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (52)
(2025.07.07 – ...)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

Yumi stap laip long krais

Born:1973.06.02 (Tsikiro, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:2005.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:2021.09.02

Priest of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (2005.05.11 – 2021.06.15)

Titular Bishop of Forma (2021.06.15 – 2025.07.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (2021.06.15 – 2025.07.07)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (2025.07.07 – ...)

Bishop Arnold Orowae
(2008.06.30 – 2024.12.27)

Larim hamamastru

Born:1955.06.15 (Aiopa, Papua New Guinea)
Ordained Priest:1983.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.04
Died:2024.12.27 (Wabag, Papua New Guinea † 69)

Priest of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (1983.12.14 – 1999.12.14)

Titular Bishop of Gisipa (1999.12.14 – 2004.10.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (1999.12.14 – 2004.10.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (2004.10.19 – 2008.06.30)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (2008.06.30 – 2024.12.27)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (2014.05 – 2017.05.03)

Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D.
(1982.03.08 – 2008.06.30)

Born:1934.05.02 (Jerzens, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1962.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:1982.04.29
Died:2009.10.09 († 75)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) (1982.03.08 – 2008.06.30)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Wewak (↑), Madang (β†’), Mount Hagen (β†˜), Mendi (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,074 kmΒ²

Population: 79,650 Catholics (17.5% of 454,805 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 23 priests (16 diocesan, 7 religious), 46 religious (24 brothers, 22 sisters), 16 seminarians

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Last updated on 2025.11.11

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