John Cardinal Ribat, M.S.C.

Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Feb 1957		Born
2 Feb 1979	21.9	First Vows	Member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1 Dec 1985	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
30 Oct 2000	43.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
30 Oct 2000	43.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor
11 Feb 2001	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Macriana Minor
12 Feb 2002	45.0	Appointed	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
16 Apr 2007	50.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
26 Mar 2008	51.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
19 Nov 2016	59.7	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	59.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi
5 Feb 2017	59.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

MicroData Summary for John Ribat
(WikiData: Q1701563)
John Cardinal Ribat M.S.C. (born 9 Feb 1957) Archbishop of Port Moresby

Event Place
Birth Place Volavolo, Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Bereina, Diocese of Bereina

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Port Moresby.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. †
Bishop of Bereina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Brian James Barnes, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Port Moresby
Archbishop Benedict To Varpin †
Archbishop of Madang

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. † (1967)
Bishop of Bereina
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli † (1951)
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B. (2017)
Bishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. (2018)
Bishop Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. (2021)
Bishop Siby Mathew Peedikayil, H.G.N. (2021)
Bishop Walenty Gryk, S.V.D. (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Unabali † (2006)
Bishop Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. (2011)
Bishop Józef Roszyński, S.V.D. (2015)
Bishop Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. (2017)
Bishop John Bosco Auram (2020)
Bishop Simon Samendra Mani, M.S.C. (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Volavolo, Vicariate Apostolic of Rabaul
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Bereina, Diocese of Bereina

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 17 Apr 2007
s: Bollettino, 26 Mar 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,903
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
i: Bollettino, 1 Feb 2017

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