Benedict To Varpin Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Benedict To Varpin
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Archbishop of Madang
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Madang
See:Madang
Term:31 December 1987
Retired:24 July 2001
Predecessor:Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld
Successor:William Joseph Kurtz S.V.D.
Ordination:24 January 1971
Consecration:19 March 1980
Consecrated By:Louis Vangeke M.S.C.
Birth Date:1936 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Volavolo,
Death Place:Rabaul,
Religion:Roman Catholic Church
Occupation:archbishop
Profession:priest
Previous Post:Bishop of Bereina
Benedict To Varpin
Deathstyle:none

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 and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mada0.htm Archdiocese of Madang
  2. Web site: Tubuan and tabernacle 1882 - 2007 : the life stories of two priests of Papua New Guinea. catalogue.nla.gov.au. 2020-09-09.