Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak

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)
  • 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

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
  • "Diocese of Wewak". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-07.

References
  1. http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2015%2F02%2F06%2F0097%2F00214.html

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