PACIFIC DIOCESES

By "Pacific" I mean everything in the Pacific except the Solomons, which are grouped with Papua New Guinea in the Church organizational chart.

New Zealand and the Philippines are also not included in this region also called Oceania. Hawaii, though in the Pacific, is included in the U.S. dioceses.

By "diocese" is meant a number of Church entities. Every archdiocese is a diocese but, besides dioceses, there are also entities called Prefectures Apostolic and Missions.

So....which "diocese" in Oceania is the largest, in terms of population? Guam!

DIOCESE	CATHOLIC POPULATION	TOTAL PRIESTS	SISTERS	LATEST YEAR FOR DATA
AGANA	157,000	47	100	2012
NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA	110,000	37	111	2004
SUVA, FIJI	101,050	79	135	2011
PAPEETE, TAHITI	89,000	28	44	2005
CAROLINES	68,500	27	33	2007
TARAWA, KIRIBATI	54,942	29	97	2011
CHALAN KANOA	43,000	18	32	2007
SAMOA-APIA	42,500	50	73	2011
PORT-VILA, VANUATU	29,500	25	65	2005
SAMOA-PAGO PAGO	14,000	21	10	2011
WALLIS & FUTUNA	13,631	8	35	2011
TONGA	13,367	38	41	2011
TAIOHAE	8,310	5	5	2011
MARSHALLS	4,875	5	8	2011
RAROTONGA, COOK IS	3,089	9	9	2011
TOKELAU	500	1	0	2011
FUNAFUTI	119	1	0	2011

So the three biggies, which have a Catholic population of over 100,000 are, in order : Guam, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Tonga, which just received its first Catholic Cardinal, has only 13,367 Catholics but a whopping 41 priests (as of the year 2011). That means one priest for every 351 Catholics.

Guam has 157,000 Catholics and 47 priests, meaning one priest for every 3,340 Catholics.