Archdiocese of Suva

ARCHDIOCESE OF SUVA (Archidioecesis Suvana)

Country : Fiji
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1863 as Apostolic Prefecture of Fiji Island
Elevated in 1887 to Apostolic Vicariate of Fiji Island
Elevated in 1966 to Archdiocese of Suva

Official blazon

Sable six pallets dancetty gules fimbriated argent on a fesse of the third between two triton shells of the second a cross pattee of the first surmounted by a bezant charged with a Sacred Heart proper, in chief Our Lady's Monogram AM intertwined or all within a bordure ermine.

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Arms of Vicars and Archbishops

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  Jean-Baptiste Breheret (1863-1887)

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  Julien Vidal (1887-1922)

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  Charles-Joseph Nicolas (1922-1941)

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  Victor Frederick Foley (1944-1967)

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  George Hamilton Pearce (1967-1976)

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  Petero Mataca (1976-2012)

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  Peter Loy Chong (2012-present)

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