Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI
Monday, 7 July 2025
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Leo XIV appointed Justin Ain Soongie, the former Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wabag, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) and revoked his titular see of Forma.Bishop Justin Ain Soongie was born on June 2, 1973, in Tsikiro (Papua New Guinea). He completed his postulancy and novitiate with the Brothers of Charity and continued his priestly formation at the Good Shepherd Seminary in Fatima, Banz, and at the Catholic Theological Institute in Bomana. He earned a licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. He was ordained a priest on May 11, 2005.He has held the following positions: Assistant Parish Priest in Tsikiro (2005) and in Mang and Mariant (2005 – 2006); Parish Priest in Mang (2006–2011); Vicar General of the Diocese of Wabag (2014 – 2021); Professor at the Banz Seminary in the Archdiocese of Mt. Hagen (2014 – 2021); Parish Priest in Sari (2014 – 2021). On June 15, 2021, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag, receiving the titular See of Forma; on the following September 2, he received episcopal consecration. Since 2025, he has been Diocesan Administrator of Wabag. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 7/7/2025)
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