Oceania

• 28 September 2023
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the Good Shepherd Major Seminary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 June 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Paul Walua of the diocesan clergy, as Rector of the Good ShepherdMajor Se ...
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  22 September 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - A relic of Saint Francis to support peacemakers: the Saint in the Catholic community of the Leeward Islands Uturoa (Agenzia Fides) - More than eighty participants committed to Christian life in the Raromatai archipelago, the Leeward Islands, gathered on the central island, Raiatea, from Sunday, September 17 to Wednesday, Septe ...
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  29 July 2023
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Daidirri, "deep listening" that the Aboriginal people offer to the Church by Paolo Affatato Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In the Aboriginal communities in Australia, every assembly, meeting, ecclesial gathering is lived starting from a style of relationship with others which is typical of the Ab ...
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  18 July 2023
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart celebrate the work ad gentes, preparing for the bicentenary of the founder's birth Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News": this was the leitmotif of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the missionary office ad gentes of the Missionaries ...
• 24 June 2023
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Kavieng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Roland Vunuvung, of the clergy of Rabaul, currently parish priest of Vunadidir and deacon of Kokopo, as bishop of the diocese of Kavieng (Papua Ne ...
• 22 June 2023
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the Bishop of Palmerston North Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 22, the Holy Father appointed Rev. John Lewis Adams, of the clergy of Christchurch, currently parish priest of St. Peter Chanel, as bishop of the diocese of Palmerston North (New Ze ...
• 16 June 2023
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Gizo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Gizo, Solomon Islands, presented by Bishop Luciano Capelli, S.D.B. The Holy Father has appointed Bisho ...
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  16 June 2023
  OCEANIA/FIJI - A movement to apply Laudato Sì to the context of Fiji: initiative of the missionaries of Saint Columban Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission "Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation" of the Missionary Society of St. Columban wants to work within a new movement for the implementation of the principles of the encyclical "L ...
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  5 May 2023
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Truth, synodality and reconciliation at the heart of “One Heart Many Voices Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The "One Heart Many Voices" conference organized by the National Direction of the Australian Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), known as Catholic Mission, ended today. Training sessions, worksho ...
• 5 May 2023
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation and succession of Archbishop of Wellington Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand, presented by His Eminence Cardinal John Atcherley Dew. He is ...
• 29 April 2023
  OCEANIA/AMERICAN SAMOA - Resignation and succession of bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, (American Samoa) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa, presented by Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R. He is succeeded by the ...
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  14 April 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - First gathering for a group of teenagers ready for Confirmation through 4 islets in the archipelago of the Leeward Islands Raiatea (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the Leeward Islands, the Raromatai, a gathering was held that brought together in Taha'a, one of the 4 that welcomed the other three: Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora, all th ...
• 28 March 2023
  OCEANIA/GUAM - Resignation of the Archbishop of Agaña and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), presented by Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes, and has at the same time appoin ...
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  23 February 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - "PUTUPUTURA'A", the meeting of the Catholics of the Raromatai archipelago Uturoa (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the laity baptized in the Church was the focus of the three-day meeting that has just ended in Uturoa on the island of Raiatea in the Raromatai archipelago, the Leeward Islands. Th ...
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  14 February 2023
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - The mission of the Bishops of Oceania: "to be communities of ever-closer followers of Jesus Christ" Suva (Agenzia Fides) - They entrusted themselves, for the mission of the Church in Oceania, to Saint Peter Chanel, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Saint Pedro Calungsod, and to Blessed Peter To Rot, Diego Luis de San ...