Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang
. It was elevated to a diocese in 1966.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Madang, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, is the former Bishop of Mendi, Papua New...
. It was elevated to a diocese in 1966.
Bishops of Wewak
- Camisio Teodoro Gellings, SS.CC. (1913-1918)
- Adalberto Ottone Rielander, SS.CC.(1918-1922)
- Giuseppe Lörks, S.V.D. (1928-1945)
- Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. (1948-1975)
- Raymond KaliszRaymond KaliszRaymond Philip Kalisz was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak, Papua New Guinea....
, S.V.D. (1980-2002) - Anthony Joseph Burgess (2002- )