Bishop Roland Vunuvung

Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Aug 1959		Born
24 Nov 1985	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
24 Jun 2023	63.8	Appointed	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
15 Aug 2023	64.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea

MicroData Summary
Roland Vunuvung
Bishop Roland Vunuvung
(born 11 Aug 1959)
Bishop of Kavieng

Event Place
Birth Place Vunapope, East New Britain
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Kavieng, Diocese of Kavieng

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kavieng.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C.
Archbishop of Rabaul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Dariusz Piotr Kałuża, M.S.F.
Bishop of Bougainville
Bishop John Bosco Auram
Bishop of Kimbe

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Rochus Josef Tatamai, M.S.C. (2005)
Archbishop of Rabaul
Archbishop Karl Bernhard Hesse, M.S.C. † (1978)
Archbishop of Rabaul
Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † (1977)
Titular Archbishop of Pandosia
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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: Q119889449

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 24 Jun 2023
ob/c2+: CB, 5 Jul 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Number 21,269

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