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Diocese of Kerema 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 in 1971 from separated parts of the Dioceses of Bereina and

Mendi Mendi, Papua New Guinea, is the provincial capital of the Southern Highlands Province. The Lai River flows by the town. It is served by Mendi Airport. The town falls under Mendi Urban LLG. Geography The town is located in the Mendi River ...

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Virgil Patrick Copas Archbishop Sir Virgil Patrick Copas (19 March 1915 – 3 October 1993) was archbishop of Kerema and Port Moresby, both in Papua New Guinea. Biography Copas was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, and was educated at St. Mary's College and Downland ...

, M.S.C. (1976–1988), Archbishop (personal title) *

Paul John Marx Bishop Paul John Marx, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, M.S.C. (12 March 1935 – 19 June 2018) was a French Roman Catholic prelate, who was bishop of Kerema, Kerema, Papua New Guinea from 6 December 1988 until 13 March 2010. Marx was bo ...

, M.S.C. (1988–2010) *

Patrick Taval Patrick Taval (May 4, 1956 – April 29, 2013) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Kerema, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State ...

, M.S.C. (2010-2013) *

Pedro Centeno Baquero Pedro Centeno Baquero (born September 15, 1970 in Manila) is a Filipino clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerema The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerema is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby. ...

, S.D.B. (2017-)

Coadjutor bishops

, M.S.C. (1985-1988) *

, M.S.C. (2007-2010)

Auxiliary bishop

* Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (2005–2007), appointed Bishop of Bereina

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Kerema Kerema is the capital of Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located on the coast of Gulf of Papua. The Gulf region is aptly named for its concave coastline with large deltas. The Gulf area is a riparian region where many rivers from the southe ...

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