Rochus Tatamai

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Rochus Tatamai (born September 24, 1962 in Raduna, Rabaul) is a Papua New Guinean clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina. He was appointed bishop in 2007. He left to assume the same position in Rabaul in 2020. [1]

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References

  1. "Diocese of Bereina". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.