Archdiocese of Port Moresby
The Archdiocese of Port Moresby is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea. Its cathedral is in St. Mary's Cathedral, in Port Moresby, National Capital District.
History
- Established on 10 May 1889 as Apostolic Vicariate of New Guinea on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Melanesia.
- Renamed on 1922.11.14 as Apostolic Vicariate of Papua
- Renamed on 1946.06.13 as Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Samarai
- Lost territory on 1958.11.13 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi
- Lost territories on 1959.07.16 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Yule Island and the Apostolic Prefecture of Daru
- Promoted on 1966.11.15 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port Moresby
- It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in May 1984.05 and January 1995, and from Pope Francis in September 4-6, 2024.
Bishops
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Vicars of New Guinea- Louis-André Navarre, Sacred Heart Missionaries, Titular Bishop of Pentacomia ; died 1912.01.16
- Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Gabala, succeeded as former Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of New Guinea
- Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., later Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade
- André Sorin, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Antiphræ ; previously Apostolic Administrator of Samarai
- Apostolic Administrator Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Bennefa
- Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., also Apostolic Administrator of suffragan see Bereina ; later Archbishop-Bishop of Kerema ; died 1993.10.03
- Herman To Paivu, former Titular Bishop of Temuniana & Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby
- Peter Kurongku ; previously Titular Bishop of Sinnuara & Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara
- Brian James Barnes, Friars Minor, previously Bishop of Aitape, President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands ; died 2017.05.09
- Sir John Ribat, KBE, M.S.C., also Cardinal, President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania ; previously Titular Bishop of Macriana minor & Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina, succeeded as Bishop of Bereina, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby
Coadjutor bishops
- Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C., as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic; did not succeed to see
- Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
- John Ribat, M.S.C. ; future Cardinal
Auxiliary bishops
- Louis Vangeke, M.S.C., appointed Bishop of Bereina
- Herman To Paivu, appointed Archbishop here
- Cherubim Alfred Dambui