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Diocese of Kimbe is a suffragan diocese of the

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. It was erected in 2003.

Coat of arms

The new coat of arms of the Diocese was adopted in 2016. The proposal of coat of arms created

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, a heraldic specialist from

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, who also made a redesign of coat of arms for the bishop William Fey, OFMCap.Marek Sobola – official site (Slovak)

Bishops

* Alphonse Liguori Chaupa (2003–2010) * William Fey, OFMCap (2010-2019) * John Bosco Auram (2019-)

References

External links and references

*
papal bull
- papal bull of 12 June 2003 establishing the diocese of Kimbe, accessed from vatican.va (bull published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedi
vol. 95 (2003), no. 12, pp. 803-804

Kimbe Kimbe is the capital of the province of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea, and the largest settlement on the island. The bustling town of Kimbe is the third largest port in Papua New Guinea and is the fastest growing city in the South Pacific. T ...

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