The Holy Father has appointed His Excellency, Archbishop Gábor PINTÉR as the Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, CEPAC, and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Islands. This appointment is officially published today, July 27, 2024, at noontime in Rome.   Curriculum Vitae – Born in Kunszentmarton, Hungary, on 9 March 1964. – Ordained Catholic Priest on

(CEPAC, Suva, Fiji) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed Most Reverend Ryan P. Jimenez, Bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, as the new Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam. The appointment was officially published on July 6, 2024 (12:00 noon CET Rome). The Installation Mass will be held on August

1st September 2024 Hope and Act with Creation   Dear Brothers and Sisters! “Hope and Act with Creation” is the theme of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be held on 1 September 2024. The theme is drawn from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (8:19-25), where the Apostle explains

  (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.