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Louis Vangeke

Louis Vangeke

Papua New Guinean Catholic prelate (1904–1982)


Sir Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. KBE (1904–1982) was a Papua New Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Bereina in Papua New Guinea from 1976 to 1979. Prior to that he was the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby, also in Papua New Guinea. Vangeke was consecrated as a bishop on 3 December 1970 by Pope Paul VI at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia.[3] He was the first indigenous Papua New Guinean Catholic bishop.[2] Vangeke died in 1982, aged 78.[1]

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  1. "Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. Griffin, James (2012). "Biography - Sir Louis Vangeke". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0522861310. Retrieved 7 October 2022 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.



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