Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby

History

• Established on 10 May 1889 as Apostolic Vicariate of New Guinea on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Melanesia.
• Renamed on 1922.11.14 as Apostolic Vicariate of Papua
• Renamed on 1946.06.13 as Apostolic Vicariate of Port Moresby, having lost territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Samarai
• Lost territory on 1958.11.13 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Mendi
• Lost territories on 1959.07.16 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Yule Island and the Apostolic Prefecture of Daru
• Promoted on 1966.11.15 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port Moresby
• It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II in May 1984.05 and January 1995.

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• Louis-André Navarre, Sacred Heart Missionaries , Titular Bishop of Pentacomia ; died 1912.01.16
• Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Gabala, succeeded as former Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of New Guinea

• Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., later Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade

• André Sorin, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Antiphræ ; previously Apostolic Administrator of Samarai
• Apostolic Administrator Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., Titular Bishop of Bennefa

• Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C., also Apostolic Administrator of suffragan see Bereina ; later Archbishop-Bishop of Kerema ; died 1993.10.03
• Herman To Paivu, former Titular Bishop of Temuniana & Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby
• Peter Kurongku ; previously Titular Bishop of Sinnuara & Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara
• Brian James Barnes, Friars Minor , previously Bishop of Aitape , President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands ; died 2017.05.09
• Sir John Ribat, KBE, M.S.C., also Cardinal, President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania ; previously Titular Bishop of Macriana minor & Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina , succeeded as Bishop of Bereina, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby

  Coadjutor bishops

• Stanislas Henri Verjus, M.S.C., as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic; did not succeed to see
• Alain Guynot de Boismenu, M.S.C., as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
• John Ribat, M.S.C. ; future Cardinal

  Auxiliary bishops

• Louis Vangeke, M.S.C., appointed Bishop of Bereina
• Herman To Paivu, appointed Archbishop here
• Cherubim Alfred Dambui

  Province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Alotau-Sideia
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Daru-Kiunga
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerema.