Bishop Justin Ain Soongie

Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1973		Born
11 May 2005	31.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
15 Jun 2021	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
15 Jun 2021	48.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Forma
2 Sep 2021	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Forma
2025²	51.5	Appointed	Administrator of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
7 Jul 2025	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Wabag, Papua New Guinea

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Justin Ain Soongie
Bishop Justin Ain Soongie
(born 2 Jun 1973)
Bishop of Wabag

Event Place
Birth Place Tsikiro, Diocese of Mount Hagen
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Tsikiro, Diocese of Wabag
Ordained Bishop Outdoors, near, Good Shepherd, Cathedral, Sangurap, Diocese of Wabag

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Wabag.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Arnold Orowae †
Bishop of Wabag
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D.
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop Donald Francis Lippert, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop of Mendi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Arnold Orowae † (2000)
Bishop of Wabag
Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D. † (1982)
Bishop of Wabag
Archbishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † (1960)
Archbishop of Mount Hagen
Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q107245658

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2021
ob/c2+: CB, 29 Jul 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 249, Number 20,740
ab: Bollettino, 7 Jul 2025

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