Ambrose Kiapseni
M.S.C.
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bishop. Kiapseni was bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kavieng
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Bishops
*Alfred Matthew Stemper, M.S.C. (1957–1980)
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since his episcopal ordination on 12 May 1991 until his resignation on 22 June 2018.
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Kiapseni was born in Masahet Island, Lihir Islands, Territory of New Guinea
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, and was officially ordained
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a Roman Catholic priest
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on 7 January 1975. He was a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
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religious order. He was appointed to Kavieng by Pope John Paul II
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on 21 January 1991.
Ambrose Kiapseni was awarded the title of Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
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for services to the Roman Catholic Church
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as the Bishop of Kavieng in June 2009.Queen's Birthday
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honour's list.[
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1945 births
2019 deaths
People from New Ireland Province
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Papua New Guinea
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Papua New Guinea
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic bishops of Kavieng
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