Archdiocese of Rabaul

ARCHDIOCESE OF RABAUL (Archidioecesis Rabaulensis)

Country : Papua New Guinea
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1889 as Apostolic Vicariate of New Britain
Renamed in 1890 to Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania
Renamed in 1922 to Apostolic Vicariate of Rabaul
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1966

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Arms of Vicars and bishops

Stanislas Henri Verjus (1889-1889)
Louis Couppé (1889-1923)
Gerard Vesters (1923-1939)
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Leo Isidore Scharmach (1939-1962)
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Johannes Höhne (1963-1966)

Arms of Archbishops

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Johannes Höhne (1966-1978)
Albert-Leo Bundervoet (1980-1989)
Karl Hesse (1990-2011)
Francesco Panfilo (2011-2020)
Rochus Josef Tatamai (2020-present)

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