Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago Dioecesis Samoa–Pagopagensis |
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Territory | American Samoa |
Ecclesiastical province | Samoa-Apia |
Statistics | |
Area | 76 sq mi (200 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 68,000 14,000 (20.6%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | September 10, 1982 (34 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Family (Tafuna) |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (Fagatogo) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Peter Brown |
Emeritus Bishops | John Quinn Weitzel M.M. |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (Latin: Dioecesis Samoa–Pagopagensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States overseas dependency of American Samoa, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia.
The ordinary is a bishop who pastors the episcoapl see (mother church), the Cathedral of the Holy Family in the Tafuna. He is also pastor of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker in Fagatogo.
On Friday, May 31, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop John Quinn Weitzel M.M., and appointed the Rev. Peter Brown, C.Ss.R., the Regional Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in New Zealand as bishop-elect of the diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago. Brown was ordained as a bishop on August 22, 2013.