The
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
Archdiocese of Suva (
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
: ''Archidioecesis Suvana'') 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.
...
in
Fiji. It is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of
Rarotonga and
Tarawa and Nauru and —as of 21 March 2003—the
Mission ''Sui Iuris'' of Funafuti. The archdiocese was created in 1966, to succeed the
Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji.
Bishops
Ordinaries
Bishops
* (1863–1887)
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Julien Vidal
Julien may refer to:
People
* Julien (given name)
* Julien (surname)
Music
* ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier
* ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973
* "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019
Places ...
(1887–1922)
*
Charles-Joseph Nicolas (1922–1941)
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Victor Frederick Foley (1944–1967)
Archbishops
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George Hamilton Pearce (1967–1976)
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Petero Mataca
Petero Mataca (28 April 1933 – 30 June 2014) born at Cawaci, on Ovalau Island, served as the Roman Catholic archbishop of Suva, Fiji until his resignation in 2012.
Biography
After his education at St. John's College, Cawaci, he was o ...
(1976–2012)
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Peter Loy Chong (since 2013)
Coadjutor vicar apostolic
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Charles-Joseph Nicolas (1918-1922)
Auxiliary bishop
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Petero Mataca
Petero Mataca (28 April 1933 – 30 June 2014) born at Cawaci, on Ovalau Island, served as the Roman Catholic archbishop of Suva, Fiji until his resignation in 2012.
Biography
After his education at St. John's College, Cawaci, he was o ...
(1974-1976), appointed Archbishop here
Sex abuse cases
On 13 July 2020, New Zealand's 1News revealed that of some of the clergy who were accused in 1,300 cases of sexually abusing children in the nation of Fiji were originally from New Zealand before they were transferred.
The transfer of these priests is the subject of a Royal Commission investigation.
Dr Murray Heasley from the Network of Survivors in Faith Based Institution told 1News that Fiji was a common place for the New Zealand Catholic Church to transfer accused Catholic clergy.
Despite Archbishop
Peter Loy Chong's statement that there had been no reported cases of clergy abusing children in Fiji, Australian priest Julian Fox, who was later convicted and jailed in 2015 for child sex crimes, had been transferred to Fiji in 1999 after Australian police started an investigation against him.
It was also proven that the church had knowledge of sex abuse allegations against Fox nine years before he was charged.
References
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Suva
Catholic Church in Fiji
Suva
Suva
Christian organizations established in 1966
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