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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. It has its cathedral episcopal see Sacred Heart Cathedral in Vunapope and a Co-Cathedral, St Francis Xavier’s Co-Cathedral, in the national capital Rabaul. == History == In 1844, it was established as Apostolic Vicariate of Melanesia (a pre-diocesan jurisdiction, entitled to a titular bishop and exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See) on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Western Oceania. On 8 December 1890, it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania. It lost territories repeatedly, to establish : * on 1896.02.24 the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land * on 1897.06.28 the Apostolic Vicariate of Gilbert Islands * on 1897.07.27 the Apostolic Prefecture of British Solomons * on 1898.05.23 the Apostolic Prefecture of German Solomon Islands (now its suffragan diocese Bougainville) * in 1905 the Mission sui juris of Marshall Islands. On 14 November 1922, it was renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Rabaul. On 5 July 1957, it lost territory again to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Kavieng (now its suffragan diocese). On 15 November 1966, it was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rabaul. On 4 July 2003, it lost territory to establish another suffragan see, the Diocese of Kimbe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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