Diocese of Alotau-Sideia Dioecesis Alotauna-Sideiana | |
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Location | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Port Moresby |
Statistics | |
Area | 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 294,919 57,327 (19.4%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 April 1975 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart of Jesus, Alotau, Milne Bay Province |
Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Secular priests | 25 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M., Bishop of Alotau-Sideia |
Vicar General | Augustine Ha Vu, CM |
Website | |
http://catholicdiocesealotau.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alotau-Sideia is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Missions Propaganda Fide.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Alotau, Milne Bay Province.