Louis Vangeke

Episcopal succession
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Louis Vangeke as principal consecrator
Benedict To Varpin	1980

History
History
Priestly ordination
Date	14 June 1937
Place	Tananarive, Madagascar
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Pope Paul VI
Co-consecrators	Virgil Patrick Copas,; Eugène Klein;
Date	3 December 1970
Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia

His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Sir

Louis Vangeke

M.S.C., KBE
His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Sir; Louis Vangeke; M.S.C., KBE
Bishop of Bereina
Church	Catholic Church; Latin Church;
Diocese	Bereina
Appointed	1 March 1976
Term ended	30 October 1979
Predecessor	Eugène Klein
Successor	Benedict To Varpin
Other post(s)	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina (1979‍–‍1982)
Personal details
Born	25 Jun 1904; Ongofoina, Beipa'a, Territory of Papua
Died	15 December 1982 (aged 78); Beipa'a, Papua New Guinea
Buried	Beipa'a
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (1970‍–‍1976); Titular Bishop of Culusi (1970‍–‍1976); Bishop of Bereina (1976‍–‍1979);
Ordination history
Date
History
Priestly ordination
Date	14 June 1937
Place	Tananarive, Madagascar
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Pope Paul VI
Co-consecrators	Virgil Patrick Copas,; Eugène Klein;
Date	3 December 1970
Place	St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia
Benedict To Varpin
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Louis Vangeke as principal consecrator
Benedict To Varpin	1980
	Source(s):Catholic-Hierarchy.org, Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sir Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. KBE (1904–1982) was a Papua New Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Bereina in Papua New Guinea from 1976 to 1979. Prior to that he was the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby, also in Papua New Guinea. Vangeke was consecrated as a bishop on 3 December 1970 by Pope Paul VI at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia.^[3] He was the first indigenous Papua New Guinean Catholic bishop.^[2] Vangeke died in 1982, aged 78.^[1]

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