Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna information
Catholic diocese in the South Pacific
Diocese of Wallis et Futuna
Dioecesis Uveanus et Futunensis
Diocèse de Wallis et Futuna
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Location
Country
Wallis and Futuna, France
Ecclesiastical province
Nouméa
Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Nouméa
Statistics
Area
256 km2 (99 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2010) 14,231 13,631 (95.8%)
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
11 November 1935 (As Vicariate Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna) 21 June 1966 (As Diocese of Wallis et Futuna)
Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu
Patron saint
Peter Chanel
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Susitino Sionepoe, S.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop
Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet
Bishops emeritus
Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, S.M.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wallis et Futuna (Latin: Dioecesis Uveanus et Futunensis; French: Diocèse de Wallis et Futuna) in Wallis and Futuna is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nouméa. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1935 and elevated to a diocese in 1966. The Bishop of Wallis et Futuna is a member of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.
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