Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (Latin: Diœcesis Samoa–Pagopagensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States overseas dependency of American Samoa, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia.[1]

Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago

Diœcesis Samoa–Pagopagensis
Coat of arms
Location
Country United States
Territory American Samoa
Ecclesiastical provinceSamoa-Apia
Statistics
Area76 sq mi (200 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
68,000
14,000 (20.6%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedSeptember 10, 1982 (38 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Holy Family (Tafuna)
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (Fagatogo)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPeter Brown
Bishops emeritusJohn Quinn Weitzel M.M.
Map

The ordinary is a bishop whose seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in the Tafuna. He is also pastor of the co-cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker in Fagatogo.

On Friday, May 31, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop John Quinn Weitzel M.M., and appointed the Rev. Peter Brown, C.Ss.R., the Regional Superior of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer also known as the Redemptorist Congregation in New Zealand as bishop-elect of the diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago. Brown was ordained as a bishop on August 22, 2013.

History

It was canonically erected on September 10, 1982,[2] taking territory from what once was a unified Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau, the remainder of which became its present Metropolitan.

It enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope Paul VI in November 1970.

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Samoa–Pago Pago

Coat of arms

The proposal of coat of arms created Marek Sobola, a heraldic specialist from Slovakia. The colors of the new coat of arms are derived from the national colors of American Samoa. Heraldic figures of the coat of arms: Bald eagle - the national symbol, gold and silver lily - symbols of Pope Paul VI and John Paul II. These two popes contributed to the development of the diocese.[3]

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