Cherubim Dambui

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Cherubim Alfred Dambui,

Catholic priest in 1974 and served as the first premier of East Sepik Province beginning in 1976.[1] Dambui also served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]

Biography

Early life

Dambui was born on 23 February 1948 in

East Sepik, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.[1] He was the oldest of his family's four sisters and six brothers born to his mother and father, Henry Nambau.[1][3] Dambui attended Angoram Primary School in Angoram from 1957 to 1961.[3] Dambui then completed 7th–10th grades at Kerevat National High School, which he attended from 1961 until 1966.[3] Dambui enrolled at St. John's minor seminary in 1966 for his 11th and 12th grade years.[3]

In 1968, Dambui entered the Holy Spirit Seminary in

Catholic priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak on 5 December 1974,[1][2] becoming the first Sepik to be ordained a Catholic priest.[1]

Political career

Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1975. Prime Minister Michael Somare appointed Dambui as the first interim premier of East Sepik Province in 1976, when the new provincial government was established.[1] He served as the interim premier until 1979, when he became the permanent premier of East Sepik.[1] Dambui remained in office as premier until 1983.[1] Today, the head of East Sepik Province is now known as the governor due to the 1995 Provincial and Local Level Government Act.[4]

Catholic Bishop

Dambui took a two-year

parish priest.[1] In 1995, Dambui became the vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak, based in East Sepik.[1] He worked in the Wewak diocese until 2000.[5]

Dambui was appointed the

Roman Catholic titular bishop of Sussar.[2]

Cherubim Dambui died of kidney failure on 24 June 2010 at a hospital in

National Capital District and mayor of Port Moresby, donated a US$1,777 cheque to the Papuan Catholic Church to cover the costs of the funeral.[5]

Dambui's body was flown to

laid in state at the East Sepik provincial capital building in Wewak.[3] A Roman Catholic funeral was held at the Christ the King cathedral in Wirui, Papua New Guinea.[3]

Dambui was survived by his father, Henry Nambau, who was married to his mother for more than fifty years, until her death in 2009.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Hundreds mourn for Dambui". The National. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Bishop Cherubim Dambui †". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wari, Jason Gima (26 June 2010). "Farewell Bishop Dambui". The National. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Papua New Guinea Post-Courier". 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  5. ^
    East-West Center. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original
    on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
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