Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang
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Archdiocese of Madang
Archidioecesis Madanganus
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Location | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Statistics | |
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Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 285,154 142,000 (49.8%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Stephen Joseph Reichert |
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 Guinea, Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., a native of Leoville, Kansas in the United States and a Capuchin. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., whose resignation was accepted upon having reached the age limit. Archbishop Kurtz succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Benedict To Varpin.
Archbishops of Madang
- Everardo Limbrock, S.V.D. (1900-1919)
- Francesco Wolf, S.V.D. (1922-1944)
- Stephen A. Appelhans, S.V.D. (1948-1951)
- Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. (1953-1975)
- Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. (1975-1987)
- Benedict To Varpin (1987-2001) - presently Archbishop Emeritus
- William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. (2001-2010); presently Archbishop Emeritus
- Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (2010–present); a Capuchin, former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
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