Oceania

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  26 October 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - Leeward Islands: the need to encourage vocations in the church Bora Bora (Agenzia Fides) – “I am in Bora Bora. About fifteen teenagers and their animators are sleeping in the premises of the Blessed John Paul I, the complex, facilities intended for catechesis and parish activiti ...
• 25 October 2023
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of bishop of Hamilton Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 25, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Richard Philip James Laurenson, of the clergy of Hamilton, until now parish priest of the All Saints by the Sea parish in Papamoa Coast ...
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  25 October 2023
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - The Archbishop of Papeete: the local clergy and the formative turning point Uturoa (Agenzia Fides) - On October 28, the Archbishop of Papeete, Jean Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC., ordained a young Tahitian priest. Tareva TAITI is the name of the boy who has been a deacon for a year already with a vie ...
• 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 ...