Diocese of Taiohae Dioecesis Taiohaënus seu Humanae Telluris Diocèse de Taiohae ou Tefenuaenata | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Papeete |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Papeete |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,250 km2 (480 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 9,220 8,310 (90.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 9 May 1848 (As Vicariate Apostolic of Marquesas Islands) 21 June 1966 (As Diocese of Taiohae) 31 May 1974 (As Diocese of Taiohae or Tefenuaenata) |
Cathedral | Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pascal Chang-Soï |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jean-Pierre Edmond Cottanceau, SS.CC. |
Bishops emeritus | Guy André Dominique Marie Chevalier, SS.CC |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae (or Tefenuaenata, or Hakapehi) (Latin: Dioecesis Taiohaënus seu Humanae Telluris; French: Diocèse de Taiohae ou Tefenuaenata), in French Polynesia, is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Îles Marquises, dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus at Taiohae, on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands (French: îles Marquises).
As per 2014, it pastorally served 8,970 Catholics (91.2% of 9,835 total) on 1,250 km² in 26 parishes with 4 priests (2 diocesan, 2 religious), 11 lay religious (7 brothers, 4 sisters) and 1 seminarian.
(all Roman Rite, so far European:French missionaries)