(CEPAC, Suva, Fiji) – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mosese Vitolio Tui, SDB, currently serving in the Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand as the new Archbishop of Samoa-Apia. This announcement was published in the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See on June 12, 2024, at noon Rome time. Bishop-Elect Reverend Mosese was

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Eliseo Napiere, M.S.P. until now member of the Presbyteral Council and parish priest of Saint James the Less in Perris, in the diocese of San Bernardino, United States of America, as ecclesiastical superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafati, Tuvalu. Curriculum vitae Msgr. Eliseo Napiere, M.S.P., was born on 14

  (CEPAC, Suva, Fiji) – The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici) has appointed the Reverend Father Okusitino ULUPANO, SM, as Interim Rector of the Pacific Regional Seminary of St. Peter Chanel in Suva, Fiji. With the appointment of Fr. Simon Mani, MSC, as the Bishop-elect of Tarawa and Nauru, his term

(CEPAC, Suva, Fiji) – Pope Francis has appointed the Reverend Father Simon Samendra MANI of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), currently the Rector of the Pacific Regional Seminary in Suva, Fiji, as Bishop of the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru in Kiribati and Nauru. This announcement was published in the Daily Bulletin of

We the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Pacific speak from the Oceania to communicate the prophetic and pastoral voice of the Churches and the vulnerable voices of peoples’ regarding the threats that climate change. The Oceania Context Our home, Oceania includes the three island sub-regions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, plus Australia and New Zealand.

The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific, more commonly known as CEPAC (Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici), held its plenary assembly on November 13-17, 2023 at the Accueil Mont-Mou, a retreat house administered by the congregation of Soers Missionaries de la Société de Marie in Paita, New Caledonia. The plenary assembly of CEPAC is held once every two

On July 7, 2023, the Synod Secretariat announced the additional non-bishop members of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, often known as the Synod of Synodality. Ten people from Oceania were named among the Synod’s members, along with five people who will serve as experts and/or facilitators during the two sessions