Louis Vangeke

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]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Sir Louis Vangeke M.S.C., KBE
Bishop of Bereina
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Diocese	Bereina
Appointed	1 March 1976
Term ended	30 October 1979
Predecessor	Eugène Klein
Successor	Benedict To Varpin
Other post(s)	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina (1979‍–‍1982)
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (1970‍–‍1976) Titular Bishop of Culusi (1970‍–‍1976) Bishop of Bereina (1976‍–‍1979)
Personal details
Born	25 Jun 1904 (1904-06-25)[1] Ongofoina, Beipa'a, Territory of Papua[2]
Died	15 December 1982 (1982-12-16) (aged 78) Beipa'a, Papua New Guinea[2]
Buried	Beipa'a
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]

References

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.
3. Hofmann, Paul (3 December 1970). "Pope, in Australia, Consecrates Bishop of New Guinea". The New York Times. p. 14.