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The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici) (CEPAC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church that includes the bishops of several islands in Oceania. The CEPAC is a member of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania, FCBCO.

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Member dioceses of CEPAC

See also: List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Pacific Episcopal Conference

Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña

  • Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam)
  • Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands)
  • Diocese of Caroline Islands (Palau and Micronesia)
  • Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

    • Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa

  • Archdiocese of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
  • Diocese of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)
  • Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)

    • Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete

  • Archdiocese of Papeete (French Polynesia)
  • Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (French Polynesia)

    • Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia

  • Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)
  • Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)
  • Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Tuvalu)
  • Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau (Tokelau)

    • Ecclesiastical Province of Suva

  • Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji)
  • Diocese of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
  • Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati and Nauru)

    • Immediately Subject to the Holy See

  • Diocese of Tonga (Tonga and Niue)

    • Presidents of CEPAC

    1. George Hamilton Pearce, Archbishop of Suva (1970-1971)
    2. Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, Archbishop of Nouméa (1971-1978)
    3. Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, Bishop of Tonga (1978-1982)
    4. Petero Mataca, Archbishop of Suva (1982-1987)
    5. Francis Roland-Lambert, Bishop of Port-Vila (1987-1991)
    6. Anthony Sablan Apuron, Archbishop of Agaña (1991-1996)
    7. Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, Archbishop of Nouméa (1996-2003)
    8. Anthony Sablan Apuron, Archbishop of Agaña (2003-2010)
    9. Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Cardinal Bishop of Tonga (2010-present)

    References

    Episcopal Conference of the Pacific Wikipedia
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