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Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata

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Metropolitan
  
Archdiocese of Papeete

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
1,250 km²

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Bishop
  
Pascal Chang-Soi

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Country
  
French Polynesia,  France

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 9,220 8,310 (90.1%)

Cathedral
  
Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (Latin: Dioecesis Taiohaënus seu Humanae Telluris; French: Diocèse de Taiohae o Tefenuaenata) in French Polynesia is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete. It was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Marquesas Islands in 1848 and elevated to the Diocese of Taiohae in 1966. Its name was changed in 1974.

Ordinaries

  • François Baudichon (1848–1855)
  • Ildefonse-René Dordillon (1855–1888)
  • Rogatien-Joseph Martin (1892–1912)
  • Pierre-Marie-David Le Cadre, SS.CC. (1920–1952)
  • Louis-Bertrand Tirilly, SS.CC. (1953–1970)
  • Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h, SS.CC. (1973–1986)
  • Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier (1986–2015), Bishop Emeritus
  • Pascal Chang-Soi (2015-)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata Wikipedia
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