Diocese of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Wabag / 瓦巴格 (正體中文) / Uabagan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mount Hagen

1982.03.18: Established as Diocese of Wabag / 瓦巴格 (正體中文) / Uabagan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mount Hagen and became suffragan of Mount Hagen)

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

Phone: 547.1096

Bishop (2008.06.30 – ...):	Bishop Arnold Orowae (69)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.06.15 – ...):	Bishop Justin Ain Soongie (51) Titular Bishop of Forma

Bishops of Wabag (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arnold Orowae (69)
(2008.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea)

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 – ...)

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

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

Wewak (↑), Madang (→), Mount Hagen (↘), Mendi (↓)

Area: 11,074 km²

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