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Diocese of Lae Dioecesis Laënsis | |
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 St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral, Lae | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Papua New Guinea |
| Statistics | |
Population
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| Parishes | 18 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 November 1966 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Rozario Menezes SMM |
The Diocese of Lae is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Madang, in Papua New Guinea. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to the status of a diocese in 1966.
History
[edit]![[icon]](/everything/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (October 2017) |
Ordinaries
[edit]- Henry van Lieshout, CMM (1966-2007)
- Christian Conrad Blouin, CMM (2007-2018)
- Rozario Menezes, SMM (2018–présent)
See also
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Lae". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
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