Bernard Schilling (born in 1914 in Somborn) was a

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clergyman and

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for the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen based in Goroka. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. In 1982, part of the diocese was separate ...

. He was appointed bishop in 1959. He died in 1992.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgoro.html CH

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