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Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
256 km²

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Wallis and Futuna

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 14,231 13,631 (95.8%)

Established
  
11 November 1935 (As 11 November 1935) 21 June 1966 (As Diocese of Wallis et Futuna)

Bishop
  
Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (Latin: Dioecesis Uveanus et Futunensis; French: Diocèse de Wallis et Futuna) in Wallis and Futuna is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1935 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. The Bishop of Wallis et Futuna is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

Ordinaries

  • Alexandre Poncet, S.M. (1935–1961)
  • Michel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. (1961–1974)
  • Laurent Fuahea (1974–2005) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M. (2005– )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna Wikipedia