The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa (
Latin
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: ''Archidioecesis Numeanus'';
French: ''Archidiocèse de Nouméa'') is a
Metropolitan Archdiocese
A metropolis religious jurisdiction, or a metropolitan archdiocese, is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces.
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in
New Caledonia. It is responsible for the
suffragan dioceses of
Port-Vila and
Wallis et Futuna.
Ordinaries
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S. M. (1847–1850), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators , American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
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Pierre Rougeyron, S. M. (1855–1873)
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Pierre-Ferdinand Vitte, S. M. (1873–1880)
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Alphonse-Hilarion Fraysse, S. M. (1880–1905)
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Claude-Marie Chanrion, S. M. (1905–1937)
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Edoardo Bresson, S. M. (1937–1956)
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Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S. M. (1956–1972)
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Eugène Klein
Eugène Klein (1916 – 1992, born in Avenheim) was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina in Papua New Guinea.
He was appointed Bishop of Bereina in 1966. He was Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese o ...
,
M.S.C.
The Marianites of Holy Cross (MSC) is a Catholic Church, Catholic Religious congregation, congregation of nuns, founded in Le Mans, France, in 1841, by Fr Basil Moreau. It was founded as a third distinct society within the Congregation of Holy Cros ...
(1972–1981)
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Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet Michel-Marie Bernard Calvet S.M. (born 3 April 1944 in Autun, France) is the French-born New Caledonian Archbishop. He has served as the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa from since his appointment on 19 June 1981. He also s ...
, S. M. (1981– )
External links and references
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Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and ...
Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and ...
Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre, and ...
Nouméa
1847 establishments in Oceania
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