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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN YAP
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Spanish Capuchins

Fr. Daniel de Arbacegui 1886-1906
Fr. Antonio de Valencia 1886-1891;
  1892-1895
Fr. Jose de Valencia 1886-1901†
Fr. Luis de Leon 1891-1901
Fr. Toribio de Filiel 1891-1892
Fr. Gregorio de Peralta 1893-1899
Fr. Cristobal de Canals 1897-1903
Fr. Vicente de Larrasoańa 1897-1901
Fr. Alfonso Maria de Morentin 1898-1904
Br. Eulogio de Quintanilla 1886-1893
Br. Antolin de Orihuela 1886-1906
Br. Crispin de Ruzafa 1886-1895
Br. Justo M. de Eraul 1891-1893;
  1900-1905
Br. Rogelio de Azadón 1891-1893
Br. Melchor de Gerona 1891-1895
Br. Joaquin de Masamagrell 1893-1895
Br. Prudencio de San Miguel 1894-1905
Br. Miguel de Picańa 1894-1905
Br. Jose de Irańeta 1895-1905
Br. Eustaquio de Vidaurre 1897-1898
Br. Carmelo del Real de Grandia 1897-1905
Br. Samuel de la Aparecida 1899-1901

German Capuchins

Fr. Franz Sales Haas 1903-1905
Fr. Callistus Lopinot 1904-1909
Fr. Paulinus Borocco 1905-1919
Fr. Eusebius Lehmann 1905-1910
Fr. Venantius Duffner 1907-1912
Fr. Irenaeus Fischer 1909-1918
Fr. Sixtus Walleser 1910-1916
Br. Nilus Kampling 1905-1919
Br. Joachim Petry 1905-1906
Br. Konrad Zerbe 1905-1908
Br. Georg Schmitt 1909-1909†

German Franciscan Sisters

Sr. Fridolina Geiger 1907-1911
Sr. Adelina Knörr 1907-1913
Sr. Theresia Götz 1907-1911
Sr. Godoleva Mülle 1910-1911
Sr. Loretta Kienzle 1911-1912
Sr. Josefa Lehmann 1911-1912
Sr. Emiliana Anhalt 1911-1914

Spanish Jesuits

Fr. Jose Gumucio 1921-1924
Fr. Juan Pons 1923-1935
Fr. Bernardo de la Espriella 1926-1944†
Fr. Mariano Madriaga 1926-1926†
Fr. Luis Blanco 1933-1944†
Br. Raimundo Unamuno 1921-1924
Br. Francisco Hernandez 1925-1944†
Br. Gregorio Oroquieta 1948-1971

American Jesuits

Fr. Fredrick Bailey 1947-1964
Fr. William Walter 1949-1975†
Fr. Francis Cosgrove 1951-1957
Fr. John Condon 1957-1973
Fr. Paul Barrett 1964-1965
Fr. Neil Poulin 1968-pres
Fr. John Walsh 1969-1977
Fr. Paul Horgan 1973-1985
Fr. Kenneth Hezel 1978-1986

Yapese Jesuits

Fr. Apollinaris Thall 1983-1990;
  1994-pres
Fr. John Hagileiram 1985-1995;
  1998-pres
Fr. Kenneth Urumulog 2002-pres

Yapese Diocesan Priests

Fr. Nicholas Rahoy 1977-1999
Fr. Cuthbert Yiftheg 1989-1996;
  1999-2001

Maryknoll Sisters

Sr. Loretta Marie Hoffman 1953-1958
Sr. Fidelis Dorsch 1953-1961
Sr. Regina [Karen] McGlynn 1953-1954
Sr. Rose Mary [Irene Therese] Jene 1954-1965
Sr. Joanne [Francis Xavier] McMahon 1957-pres
Sr.Therese [Marya Celine] de Meulenaere 1958-1964
Sr. Joan Cordis Westhues 1959-1960
Sr. George Leonard Denue 1961-1965
Sr. Patricia [Grace Patrick] Fitzgerald 1965-1966
Sr. Ann Elise Gallagher 1965-1966
Sr. Ann [John Marion] Dowling 1966-1981;
  1985-pres
Sr. Letitia Isidro 1969-1973
Sr. Dolores Ritter 1973-1976
Sr. Marie May 1974-pres
Sr. Rose Corde McCormick 1980-1992

School Sisters of Notre Dame

Sr. Joelle Marie Aflague 1973-1979
Sr. Rosalind Santos 1973-1976
Sr. M. Elsa Metternick 1976-1980;
  1986-1988
Sr. M. Bernard Unpingco 1979-1980
Sr. M. Ignatia Sanchez 1980-1981
Sr. M. Joseph Quichocho 1980-1987
Sr. Walter Marie Rey 1981-1982;
  1987-1988;
  1992-1998
Sr. Vincent Balajadia 1986-1992;
  1998-pres
Sr. Carmen Siquenza 1989-1991;
  1992-1994;
Sr. Barbara Lambor 1991-1992;
  2000-2001
Sr. Claire Marie Quichocho 1995-1997
Sr. Tarcisia Sablan 1997-1998
Sr. Magdalena Cruz Mercedarian Sisters 1999-2000

Mercedarian Sisters

Sr. Margaret Mary Margou 1974-1976;
  1984-pres
Sr. Victoria Lateman 1976-1977

Deacons

Rev. Simeon Fanoway 1975-1991†
Rev. Mathew Mar 1975-1988†
Rev. Ignatio Bapilung 1975-1987†
Rev. Francisco Filecho 1975-pres
Rev. Augustine Alkan 1975-pres
Rev. Donald Fachibman 1975-pres
Rev. John Rulmal 1977-pres



Hezel, Francis X. "The Catholic Church in Micronesia: Historical essays on the Catholic Church in the Caroline-Marshall Islands". ©2003, Micronesian Seminar. All Rights Reserverd.