Episcopal Conference of the Pacific
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The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici) (CEPAC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church that includes the bishops of several islands in Oceania. The CEPAC is a member of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO).
Member dioceses of CEPAC
[edit]Ecclesiastical Province of Agaña
[edit]- Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam)
- Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Diocese of Caroline Islands (Palau and Federated States of Micronesia)
- Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)
Ecclesiastical Province of Nouméa
[edit]- Archdiocese of Nouméa (New Caledonia)
- Diocese of Port-Vila (Vanuatu)
- Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)
Ecclesiastical Province of Papeete
[edit]Ecclesiastical Province of Samoa-Apia
[edit]- Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (Samoa)
- Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago (American Samoa)
- Mission Sui Iuris of Tokelau (Tokelau)
Ecclesiastical Province of Suva
[edit]- Archdiocese of Suva (Fiji)
- Diocese of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
- Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru (Kiribati and Nauru)
- Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Tuvalu)
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
[edit]- Diocese of Tonga (Tonga and Niue)
Presidents of CEPAC
[edit]- Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez (2023.11[1] - present)
- Bishop Paul Donoghue (2016 - 2023.11)
- Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi ( (2010.06 – 2016.09)
- Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, OFMCap (2003.08 – 2010.06)
- Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, SM (1996 – 2003)
- Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, OFMCap (1991 – 1996)
- Bishop Francis-Roland Lambert, SM (1987 – 1991)
- Archbishop Petero Mataca (1982 – 1987)
- Bishop Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, SM (1978 – 1982)
- Archbishop Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, SM (1971 – 1978)
- Archbishop George Hamilton Pearce, SM (1970 – 1971)
Seminary
[edit]- Pacific Regional Seminary, created in 1970 and opened in 1972
References
[edit]- ^ "Episcopal Conference of the Pacific elects a new president". CathNews. November 22, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2024.