The Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States overseas dependency of American Samoa. It was canonically erected on September 10, 1982, taking territory from what once was a unified Diocese of Samoa and Tokelau. The diocese is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia.
The prelate is a bishop which pastors the mother church, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in the City of Pago Pago. He is also pastor of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Worker.
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