Catholic Church in Vanuatu

[1] The church is organized into one diocese based in the capital of Port Vila.

[3] The first ever mass in Oceania was performed on May 14, 1606, when Spanish explorer Pedro de Quiros landed on Espiritu Santo with four priests and eight brothers, some of which were Franciscans and St John of God, and celebrated Pentecost.

[4] In 1875 mostly Catholic Tannese settlers wrote to the French government asking that the islands be claimed by France.

[10] Vanuatu sent a delegation of young people for the first time to World Youth Day 2008 when it was held in Sydney, Australia.

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