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Louis Vangeke

Papua New Guinean Catholic prelate (1904–1982)

Catholic Church
Latin Church

DioceseBereinaAppointed1 March 1976Term ended30 October 1979PredecessorEugène KleinSuccessorBenedict To VarpinOther post(s)Bishop Emeritus of Bereina (1979‍–‍1982)Personal detailsBorn25 Jun 1904 (1904-06-25)^[1]

Ongofoina, Beipa'a, Territory of Papua^[2]

Died15 December 1982 (1982-12-16) (aged 78)
Beipa'a, Papua New Guinea^[2]BuriedBeipa'aPrevious post(s)

Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (1970‍–‍1976)
Titular Bishop of Culusi (1970‍–‍1976)
Bishop of Bereina (1976‍–‍1979)

Ordination history

History
Priestly ordination
Date	14 June 1937
Place	Tananarive, Madagascar^[2]
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Pope Paul VI
Co-consecrators	Virgil Patrick Copas, Eugène Klein
Date	3 December 1970
Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia

Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Louis Vangeke as principal consecrator
Benedict To Varpin	1980

Source(s):Catholic-Hierarchy.org^[1], Australian Dictionary of Biography^[2]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Louis Vangeke, M.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ Hofmann, Paul (3 December 1970). "Pope, in Australia, Consecrates Bishop of New Guinea". The New York Times. p. 14.