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Catholic Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

The Catholic Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, consists of dioceses.

A diocese is a portion of the People of God entrusted to a Bishop to be nurtured by him with the help of the priest belonging to different parishes.

The CBC Secretariat relates to all these dioceses and coodinates the ministries through various commissions of CBCPNGSI.  

The words “diocese” and “parish” come from legal words in ancient Roman law that refers to administrative jurisdiction headed by a civic official. The Church adopted these words to describe its own organization. A diocese is divided into deaneries and parishes that especially in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands includes parish communities.

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