Paul Mea

Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea (born 16 December 1939 in Beru) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru since 1978. Mea was born in Kiribati and was ordained a priest in 1969. In 1978 he succeeded French-born Pierre Guichet as the bishop of the diocese when it encompassed all of Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu. In 1982, Tuvalu was removed from the jurisdiction of the diocese. In 2020, he became emeritus after resignation and was replaced by Koru Tito.