Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimbe
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goroka is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul. It was erected in 2003.
Coat of arms
The new coat of arms of the Diocese was adopted in 2016. The proposal of coat of arms created Marek Sobola, a heraldic specialist from Slovakia, who also made a redesign of coat of arms for the bishop William Fey, O.F.M. Cap.[1]
Diocesan coat of arms
William Fey OFMCap - coat of ams
Bishops
- Alphonse Liguori Chaupa (2003–2010)
- William Fey, O.F.M. Cap. (2010-2019)
- John Bosco Auram (2019-)
References
- Marek Sobola – official site (Slovak) Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
External links and references
- "Diocese of Kimbe". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
- papal bull - papal bull of 12 June 2003 establishing the diocese of Kimbe, accessed from vatican.va (bull published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 95 (2003), no. 12, pp. 803-804)
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