Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang

Archdiocese of Madang
Archidioecesis Madanganus
Location
Country Papua New Guinea
Statistics
Area 27,752 km2 (10,715 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
285,154
142,000 (49.8%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Holy Spirit Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Stephen Joseph Reichert

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Madang, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, is the former Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., a native of Leoville, Kansas in the United States and a Capuchin. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D., whose resignation was accepted upon having reached the age limit. Archbishop Kurtz succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Benedict To Varpin.

Coat of Arms

The proposal of coat of arms created Marek Sobola, a heraldic specialist from Slovakia, who also made a redesign of coat of arms for the archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap.

Archdiocese of Madang - Coat of Arms

Archbishops of Madang

Coordinates: 5°13′18″S 145°48′25″E / 5.2218°S 145.8070°E / -5.2218; 145.8070

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