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Mission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti

Funafutinus



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Bishop(s)

  • Eliseo Napiere, M.S.P., Superior

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Mission "Sui Iuris"
  • Split: 10 September 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Suva
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Tuvalu
  • Region: Pacific (Oceania)
  • Square Kilometers: 26 (10 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Teone Catholic Centre, P.O. Box 58, Funafuti, Tuvalu
  • Telephone: 20-527

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 September 1982SplitDiocese of Tarawa, Nauru and Funafuti Mission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti (Tuvalu)
Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru
21 March 2003Metropolitan ChangedMission "Sui Iuris" of Funafuti (from Samoa-Apia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990778,860.9%11771ap1991
199910710,0431.1%1110711ap2000
200010910,4001.0%1110911ap2001
200111210,4501.1%1111211ap2002
200211210,5001.1%1111211ap2003
200311711,3431.0%1111711ap2004
20041229,5641.3%1112211ap2005
201011910,0001.2%11119111ap2011
201411611,0001.1%1111611ap2015
201711011,0001.0%1ap2018
202011011,1921.0%1ap2021
202211011,1001.0%1ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 171, and Page 172

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