Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru

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Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru Dioecesis Taravana et Nauruna
Coat of arms of the Diocese
Location
Country	Kiribati and Nauru
Ecclesiastical province	Suva
Statistics
Area	320 sq mi (830 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 119,435 63,644 (57 (53% with Nauru)%)
Parishes	22 (1 in Nauru)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 June 1897
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Secular priests	28
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Simon Samendra Mani

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru (Latin: Dioecesis Taravana et Nauruna) in Kiribati and Nauru is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Suva. It was erected as the Vicariate Apostolic of Gilbert Islands in 1897, with see in Tanaeang (on Tabiteuea) from 1936 to the end of 1950s,^[1] and later elevated to as the Diocese of Tarawa in 1966. There was a name change in 1978 and, in 1982, the diocese was split from the Mission sui iuris of Funafuti. The diocese currently has jurisdiction over all of Kiribati and Nauru.