The

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Diocese of Bougainville is a suffragan diocese of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. It has its cathedral episcopal see Sacred Heart Cathedral in Vunapope and a Co-Cathedral, St Francis Xavier's Co-Cathedral, in Rabaul. On J ...

. It was erected as the Prefecture Apostolic of German Solomon Islands in 1898 and elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic in 1930. It was further elevated in 1966 to the Diocese of Bougainville.

The diocesan cathedral is the

Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Buka The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and is located in the town of Buka on the south coast of the island of Buka, in the autonomous region of Bougainville, formerly ″province of ...

. It was previously the Church of St. Michael the Archangel at the former Tubiana mission.Laracy, Hugh. “The Pacification of Southern Bougainville, 1900–30.” Bougainville before the Conflict, edited by Anthony J. Regan and Helga M. Griffin ANU Press, 2015, pp. 108–124.

Bishops

Ordinaries

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, S. M. (1920–1929) *

Thomas James Wade Thomas James Wade (August 4, 1893 – June 11, 1969) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, Wade was ordain a priest on June 15, 1922, for the Society of Mary. On July 3, 1930, Wade was appointed bishop for t ...

, S. M. (1930–1960) *

Leo Lemay J. A. Leo Lemay (January 17, 1935 – October 15, 2008) was du Pont Winterthur Professor of English at the University of Delaware. He was most renowned for his lifelong fascination with Benjamin Franklin, although he wrote on many topics, including ...

, S. M. (1960–1974) *

Gregory Singkai Gregory Singkai (born 1935, in Koromira – 12 September 1996) was a Papua New Guinean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic ...

(1974–1996) *

Henk Kronenberg Henk Kronenberg (29 September 1934 – 25 March 2020) was a Dutch Roman Catholic bishop. Kronenberg was born in the Netherlands and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville, Papu ...

, S. M. (1999–2009) *

Bernard Unabali Bernard Unabali (5 May 1957 – 10 August 2019) was a Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic bishop who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville. Unabali was born in Papua New Guinea and was ordained to the priesthood in 1985. He ...

(2009–2019) *

Dariusz Kałuża Dariusz Kałuża (born in 1967 in Pszczyna) is a Polish clergyman and bishop 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. ...

(2020–present)

Auxiliary bishop

(2006-2009), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Peter Kurongku Most Reverend Sir Peter Kurongku, KBE (1930 – 11 June 1996) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Born in 1930 at Tonnui, he was ordained a priest of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea on 21 December 1966 by Archbisho ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands in 1978

External links and references

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References

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