Francesco Panfilo (born November 23, 1942 in

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clergyman and

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for the

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in Papua New Guinea. He was appointed Bishop of Alotau-Sideia in 2001, and Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabaul in 2011. He became Archbishop of Rabaul in 2012. He retired in 2020, intending to spend his retirement in the Philippines.

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