Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966.

Coat of arms

Bishops

Ordinaries
  • Eugène Klein, M.S.C. (1960–1971), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia
  • Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. (1976–1979)
  • Benedict To Varpin (1979–1987), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Madang
  • Luke Paul Matlatarea, M.S.C. (1988–1998)
  • Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. (1999–2002) - Bishop Emeritus
  • John Ribat, M.S.C. (2002–2007), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby; future Cardinal
  • Rochus Tatamai, M.S.C. (2007-2018), appointed Bishop of Kavieng
  • Otto Separy (2019-present)

Auxiliary bishop
  • John Ribat, M.S.C. (2000-2002), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal

Coat of arms

The new coat of arms of the Diocese was adopted in 2016. The proposal of coat of arms created Marek Sobola, a heraldic artist from Slovakia.[1]

  • "Diocese of Bereina". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-09.

References
  1. Marek Sobola – official site (Slovak) Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine


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