Benedict To Varpin

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Benedict To Varpin
Archbishop of Madang
Church Roman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMadang
SeeMadang
In office31 December 1987
Retired24 July 2001
Predecessor Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld
Successor William Joseph Kurtz S.V.D.
Orders
Ordination24 January 1971
Consecration19 March 1980
by  Louis Vangeke M.S.C.
Personal details
Born(1936-07-24)24 July 1936
Volavolo, Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Died8 September 2020(2020-09-08) (aged 84)
Rabaul, Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Occupationarchbishop
Previous post(s) Bishop of Bereina
Styles of
Benedict To Varpin
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous stylenone

Benedict To Varpin (24 July 1936 - 8 September 2020) was a Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic archbishop.

To Varpin was born in Papua New Guinea and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina, Papua New Guinea from 1979 to 1987. To Varpin served as coadjutor archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, Papua New Guinea in 1987 and then archbishop of the archdiocese from 1987 to 2001. [1]

To Varpin died in Rabaul on 8 September 2020. [2]

Notes

  1. Archdiocese of Madang
  2. "Tubuan and tabernacle 1882 - 2007 : the life stories of two priests of Papua New Guinea". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-09-09.


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