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Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia

Archidioecesis Samoa-Apiana



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R., Apostolic Administrator

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}
20 August 1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Central Oceania Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau
4 January 1957Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori} Vicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau
Diocese of Apia
21 June 1966ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau Diocese of Apia
Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau
10 August 1974Name ChangedDiocese of Apia Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau
Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau
3 December 1975Name ChangedDiocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau
10 September 1982Territory LostDiocese of Samoa and Tokelau (American Samoa) Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago (erected)
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau
10 September 1982ElevatedDiocese of Samoa and Tokelau Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau (and name changed)
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
26 June 1992SplitArchdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Tokelau

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Archipelago of the Navigators {Arcipelago dei Navigatori}
195020,00052025800146914ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Isole Samoa e Tokelau
Diocese of Apia
197036,521173,26421.1%529341,0745710721ap1971
Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau
Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau
197634,472183,81418.8%1027379316013824ap1977
198036,224188,65119.2%1029399286812124ap1981
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau
199037,237166,06922.4%1723409304469622ap1991
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia
199942,117182,22123.1%2517421,00225327628ap2000
200049,199182,22127.0%2417411,199223311738ap2001
200130,336183,00016.6%29215060624467129ap2002
200231,096181,00017.2%27204766124447229ap2003
200342,473182,37923.3%28214986621566329ap2004
200435,452180,40219.7%26224873817356932ap2005
201042,500189,00022.5%35155085030337338ap2011
201436,437187,82019.4%42216357852312247ap2015
201731,221187,82016.6%51217243348312249ap2018
202033,100199,24316.6%46216749455295049ap2021
202237,000198,00018.7%52227450091305060ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Apia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 201, to Page 203
  • Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 503
  • Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 234
  • Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 7, and Page 8

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