Paul Mea Explained

Type:Bishop
Paul Mea
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Bishop of Tarawa and Nauru
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru
Term Start:15 November 1978
Term End:29 June 2020
Predecessor:Pierre Guichet
Successor:Koru Tito
Ordination:18 January 1969
Consecration:10 February 1979
Consecrated By:Pierre Guichet
Birth Date:1939 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Beru, Kiribati
Death Place:South Tarawa, Kiribati
Previous Post:Vicar General of the Diocese of Tarawa
Nationality:I-Kiribati (Gilbertese)
Motto:To serve in the islands
Paul Mea

Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea (16 December 1939 - 24 June 2021) was a Kiribati Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Diocese of Tarawa and Nauru from 1978 to 2020.

Mea was born in Gilbert and Ellice Islands and was ordained in 1969 a priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Mea was then appointed the parish priest of North Tarawa. His work brought him to the attention of French Bishop Pierre Guichet. In 1978 he succeeded him as the bishop of the diocese when it encompassed all of Gilbert Islands soon independent Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu. In 1982, Tuvalu was removed from the jurisdiction of the diocese.

In 2020, he became emeritus after resignation and was replaced by elected Koru Tito.[1]

He died on June 24, 2021.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-06/pope-francis-bishop-nomination-tarawa-nauru.html Vatican News website, article dated 29 June 2020
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tara2.htm?tab=bishops G Catholic website