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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa

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Country
  
New Caledonia,  France

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Cathedral
  
Nouméa Cathedral

Ecclesiastical province
  
Noumea

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
19,103 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 210,000 110,000 (52.4%)

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa (Latin: Archidioecesis Numeanus; French: Archidiocèse de Nouméa) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in New Caledonia. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Port-Vila and Wallis et Futuna.

Ordinaries

  • Guillaume Douarre, S. M. (1847–1853)
  • Pierre Rougeyron, S. M. (1855–1873)
  • Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S. M. (1873–1880)
  • Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S. M. (1880–1905)
  • Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. (1905–1937)
  • Edoardo Bresson, S. M. (1937–1956)
  • Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S. M. (1956–1972)
  • Eugène Klein, M.S.C. (1972–1981)
  • Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S. M. (1981– )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa Wikipedia
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