Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang

Archdiocese of Madang Archidioecesis Madanganus
Location
Country	Papua New Guinea
Statistics
Area	27,752 km2 (10,715 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 285,154 142,000 (49.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Holy Spirit Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stephen Joseph Reichert

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Madang, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, is the former Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., a native of Leoville, Kansas in the United States and a Capuchin. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., whose resignation was accepted upon having reached the age limit. Archbishop Kurtz succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Benedict To Varpin.

Archbishops of Madang

• Everardo Limbrock, S.V.D. (1900-1919)
• Francesco Wolf, S.V.D. (1922-1944)
• Stephen A. Appelhans, S.V.D. (1948-1951)
• Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. (1953-1975)
• Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld, S.V.D. (1975-1987)
• Benedict To Varpin (1987-2001) - presently Archbishop Emeritus
• William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D. (2001-2010); presently Archbishop Emeritus
• Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. (2010–present); a Capuchin, former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

External links and references

• "Archdiocese of Madang". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-06.