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Diocese of Port-Vila

Dioecesis Portus Vilensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 21 June 1966
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nouméa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Vanuatu
  • Region: Pacific (Oceania)
  • Square Kilometers: 11,870 (4,584 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, B.P. 59, Port-Vila, Vanuatu
  • Telephone: 22.640

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}
9 February 1901ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia) Prefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi} (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}
22 March 1904ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi} Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}
Diocese of Port-Vila
21 June 1966ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi} Diocese of Port-Vila

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of New Hebrides {Isole Nouve Ebridi}
19504,91049,3899.9%171728849ap1951
Diocese of Port-Vila
197012,99577,98316.7%32326499329331ap1971
198016,725112,59614.9%22426643376117ap1981
199019,500146,00013.4%315181,0831276524ap1991
199926,500180,00014.7%1312251,0601305617ap2000
200028,000190,00014.7%1513281,0001366818ap2001
200128,600190,00015.1%1612281,0211356318ap2002
200228,800190,00015.2%1513281,0281376021ap2003
200329,100195,00014.9%1510251,1641306621ap2004
200429,500205,00014.4%1510251,1801326521ap2005
201328,500240,00011.9%201030950274632ap2014
201634,320286,00012.0%1710271,271264219ap2017
201942,000299,60014.0%169251,680275022ap2020
202147,169314,46415.0%189271,747135028ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Port-Vila
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 201, to Page 203

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