Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia

Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia Archidioecesis Samoa-Apiana. Puleaga Fa'aakiepikopo Samoa-Apia
Apia Cathedral
Location
Country	Independent State of Samoa
Territory	Samoa
Ecclesiastical province	Samoa-Apia
Statistics
Area	2,922 km2 (1,128 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 189,000 42,500 (22.5%)
Parishes	38
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 August 1850 (165 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Alapati Lui Mataeliga
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia (Latin: Archidioecesis Samoa-Apiana) consists of the Independent State of Samoa.

History

The origins of the archdiocese stem from the August 20, 1850, canonical erection by the Holy See of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago, entrusted to the Society of Mary (Marists). On January 4, 1957, the Vatican changed the name of the Vicariate Apostolic to Samoa and the Tokelau Islands.

The vicariate apostolic was elevated to the Diocese of Apia on June 21, 1966, and made suffragan to the metropolitan see of Suva, Fiji. On August 10, 1974, the name of the diocese was changed to Diocese of Apia o Samoa and Tokelau; and it was changed again on December 3, 1975 to the Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau.

On September 10, 1982, the diocese was elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese taking the name of the See city, Apia. Simultaneously, the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago was created from a portion of the former Diocese of Samoa Tokelau and made suffragan to the metropolitan see of Apia.^[1]

Ordinaries

Monseigneur Pierre-Jean BROYER

• Pierre Bataillon S.M.(1842–1870)
• Aloys Elloy, S.M. (1870–1878)
• Jean-Armand Lamaze, S.M. (1879–1896)
• Pierre-Jean Broyer S. M. (1896–1918)^[2]
• Joseph Darnand S. M. (1919–1953)
• Jean Baptiste Dieter S. M. (1953–1955)
• George Hamilton Pearce S. M. (1956–1967)
• Pio Taofinu'u S. M. (1968–2002)
• Alapati Lui Mataeliga (2002– )

See also

References

Further reading

• Galuega O Le Sinoti (Acts of the Snyod [of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia]), December 7–14, 1990, promulgated, May 1, 1991, Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. Apia, Samoa.

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