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 lette ...

Diocese of Daru-Kiunga is a suffragan diocese of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea, yet remains dependent on the missionary Propaganda Fide Roman Congregation. Its archiepiscopal seat is St. Mary's Cathedral, in Port Moresby, N ...

. It was erected

Prefecture Apostolic An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it ...

in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. The authors of the diocesan coat of arms are Slovak

heraldic artists Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

Marek Sobola Marek Sobola (born 3 July 1981) is an authorised landscape architect, professional gardener and heraldic artist from Slovakia. Biography Sobola was born in Žilina, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) into a family from Lalinok and Divina. He spe ...

and Drahomír Velička.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Gérard-Joseph Deschamps Gérard-Joseph Deschamps (4 July 1929 – 25 February 2022) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Deschamps was born in Eastview, Frontenac County, Ontario on 4 July 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He was Bishop of Daru in Pap ...

, S.M.M. (1961–1999), appointed Bishop of Bereina * Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (1999–2021) Retired *

Joseph Tarife Durero Joseph Tarife Durero (born in 1968 in Dapa) is a Philippine-born clergyman and bishop-elect for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daru-Kiunga in Papua New Guinea. He was appointed bishop in May 2021 and will succeed Canadian Canadians (frenc ...

, S.V.D. (2021–present)

Auxiliary bishop

*Gilles Côté, S.M.M. (1995–1999), appointed Bishop here

References

External links and references

* Daru-Kiunga {{PapuaNewGuinea-RC-diocese-stub