Diocese of Mendi Dioecesis Mendiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Papua New Guinea |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Mount Hagen |
Statistics | |
Area | 19,000 km2 (7,300 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 546,400 71,832 (13.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Donald Francis Lippert OFMCap |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mendi is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mount Hagen, in Mendi, Papua New Guinea. It was erected Prefecture Apostolic in 1958 and elevated Vicariate Apostolic in 1965. It was elevated, along with other Oceanic vicariates and prefectures, to a diocese on 15 November 1966. The bishop is Donald Lippert, OFMCap.[1]