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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Suva
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Suvana'') is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Fiji. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Rarotonga and Tarawa and Nauru and —as of 21 March 2003—the Mission ''Sui Iuris'' of Funafuti. The archdiocese was created in 1966, to succeed the Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji. Bishops Ordinaries Bishops * (1863–1887) *Julien Vidal (1887–1922) * Charles-Joseph Nicolas (1922–1941) * Victor Frederick Foley (1944–1967) Archbishops * George Hamilton Pearce (1967–1976) *Petero Mataca (1976–2012) *Peter Loy Chong (since 2013) Coadjutor vicar apostolic * Charles-Joseph Nicolas (1918-1922) Auxiliary bishop *Petero Mataca (1974-1976), appointed Archbishop here Sex abuse cases On 13 July 2020, New Zealand's 1News revealed that of some of the clergy who were accused in 1,300 cases of sexually abusing children in the nation of Fiji were originally from New Zealand before they were transferred. The transf ...
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Apostolic Vicariate Of Fiji
The Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Insularum Fidgis) was a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction comprising the islands belonging to the Fiji archipelago till 1966. Missions The Fiji Islands were included in the territory of the old Vicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania, created by Propaganda Fide in 1842. The first Catholic mission in Fiji was founded in 1844, and on 10 March 1863, the territory was erected into a prefecture Apostolic. On 5 May 1887, the vicariate was established and entrusted to the Marist fathers. The first Apostolic vicar was the Right Rev. Julian Vidal, D.D., S.M., titular Bishop of Abydos (consecrated 27 December 1887). Catholic missions soon were established on the islands Viti Levu, Ovalau, Vanua Levu, Tavenui, Kadavu and Rotuma, the official residence of the vicar Apostolic being at Suva on Viti Levu. The statistics for the vicariate showed in the early 20th century, for about 250 islands, of which some 90 are inhabit ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Oceania
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Catholic Church In Fiji
The Catholic Church in Fiji is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the canonical authority and spiritual leadership of the Pope of Rome. Latin hierarchy Archdiocese of Suva, covers the whole country and has two suffragan dioceses outside the country. They are: * Diocese of Rarotonga: For Catholics in the Cook Islands and Niue Islands, which are associated countries of New Zealand * Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru: It has its base at Tarawa on Kiribati island, and covers Catholics in that island and also those in Nauru republic. They all partake in the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (C.E. PAC), which is part of the broader Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) ). As most of these countries do not have more than a single bishop, they do not warrant a national Episcopal conferences. Archdiocese of Suva has a history dating back to 1863 when the Vatican created the Prefecture Apostolic of Fiji Island from the Vicariate Apostolic of Central ...
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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province Of Suva
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Petero Mataca
Petero Mataca (28 April 1933 – 30 June 2014) born at Cawaci, on Ovalau Island, served as the Roman Catholic archbishop of Suva, Fiji until his resignation in 2012. Biography After his education at St. John's College, Cawaci, he was ordained as a priest on 20 December 1959. He was named a bishop on 3 December 1974 when he was appointed titular bishop of Siminina and auxiliary bishop of Suva; following his appointment as a bishop, he was consecrated the same year. On 10 April 1976, he was appointed archbishop of Suva. On 19 December 2012, his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. He died on 30 June 2014 at the Suva Private Hospital after a long illness. Political positions Mataca was a critic of some government policies, including its proposal to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission with the power, subject to presidential approval, to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état that deposed the elected government of ...
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George Hamilton Pearce
George Hamilton Pearce (January 9, 1921 – August 30, 2015) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia, Samoa, and the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji.Profile
catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed August 30, 2015.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, his education included Saint Columbkille's Elementary School in , Maryvale Preparatory Seminary in , and ...
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Victor Frederick Foley
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Julien Vidal
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Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''FijÄ«''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi—where tourism is the major local industry; or in Lautoka, where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geo ...
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Roman Catholic
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