Anton Bal Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Anton Bal
Archbishop of Madang
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Madang
See:Madang
Appointed:26 July 2019
Term Start:31 October 2019
Predecessor:Stephen Joseph Reichert
Ordination:17 December 1991
Ordained By:William Joseph Kurtz
Consecration:10 September 2007
Consecrated By:Johannes Henricus Te Maarssen
Birth Name:Anton Bal
Birth Date:1963 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Yuri, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Tamalluma (2007-09)
Auxiliary Bishop of Kundiawa (2007-09)
Bishop of Kundiawa (2009-19)
Motto:Go na to kim
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Anton Bal.svg

Anton Bal (born 29 November 1963) is a Roman Catholic archbishop from Papua New Guinea.

Born in Yuri (Kundiawa), Bal was ordained to the priesthood on 17 December 1991. On 5 June 2007, Bal was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa and titular bishop of Tamalluma; he was ordained a bishop on 10 September 2007. He was then appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kundiawa on 12 January 2009. He was then appointed archbishop of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang on 26 July 2019.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbal.html Anton Bal