Episcopal Conference of the Pacific

The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici) (CEPAC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church that includes the bishops of several islands in Oceania. The CEPAC is a member of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania, FCBCO.

Member dioceses of CEPAC

Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

• Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam)
• Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands)
• Diocese of Caroline Islands (Palau and Micronesia)
• Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa

• Archdiocese of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
• Diocese of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)
• Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

• Archdiocese of Papeete (French Polynesia)
• Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (French Polynesia)

Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia

• Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)
• Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)
• Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Tuvalu)
• Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau (Tokelau)

Ecclesiastical Province of Suva

• Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji)
• Diocese of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
• Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati and Nauru)

Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Diocese of Tonga (Tonga and Niue)

Presidents of CEPAC

1. George Hamilton Pearce, Archbishop of Suva (1970-1971)
2. Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, Archbishop of Nouméa (1971-1978)
3. Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, Bishop of Tonga (1978-1982)
4. Petero Mataca, Archbishop of Suva (1982-1987)
5. Francis Roland-Lambert, Bishop of Port-Vila (1987-1991)
6. Anthony Sablan Apuron, Archbishop of Agaña (1991-1996)
7. Michel-Marie Calvet, Archbishop of Nouméa (1996-2003)
8. Anthony Sablan Apuron, Archbishop of Agaña (2003-2010)
9. Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Cardinal Bishop of Tonga (2010–present)

References

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy: Catholic Church in Pacific (Oceania) ^{[self-published]}
• GCatholic: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacificae