Benedict To Varpin (24 July 1936 – 8 September 2020) was a
Papua New Guinean
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Roman Catholic
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archbishop.
To Varpin was born in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He served as bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina, Papua New Guinea from 1979 to 1987. To Varpin served as coadjutor archbishop of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, Papua New Guinea in 1987 and then archbishop of the archdiocese from 1987 to 2001.
To Varpin died in Rabaul on 8 September 2020.
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1936 births
2020 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Papua New Guinea
People from East New Britain Province
Roman Catholic archbishops of Madang
Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic archbishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Bereina
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