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.
Bishops
Bishops of Wewak
- Camisio Teodoro Gellings, SS.CC. (1913−1918)
- Adalberto Ottone Rielander, SS.CC.(1918−1922)
- Teodosio Heikenrath, (1922-1923)
- Giuseppe Lörks, S.V.D. (1928−1945)
- Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. (1948−1975)
- Raymond Kalisz, S.V.D. (1980−2002)
- Anthony Joseph Burgess (2002−2013)
- Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. (2015–present); was Polish religious missionary priest in the Diocese; consecrated and installed 25 April 2015[1]
Coadjutor bishop
- Anthony Joseph Burgess (2000-2002)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Michael Marai, appointed Bishop of Goroka in 1988
- Cherubim Alfred Dambui, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby in 2000
- Otto Separy, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape in 2007
See also
References
External links and references
- "Diocese of Wewak". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
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