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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak

Coordinates: 3°34′28″S 143°38′09″E / 3.5745°S 143.6358°E

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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 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)
Bishop-elect Rev. Fr. Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. (2015–present); was Polish religious missionary priest in the Diocese; to be ordained and installed^[1]

External links and references

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

References

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3°34′28″S 143°38′09″E / 3.5745°S 143.6358°E / -3.5745; 143.6358

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