John Ribat

Sir John Ribat (born 9 February 1957) is a Papua New Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church and a cardinal since 2016. He has been Archbishop of Port Moresby since 2008.

Biography

Ribat was born in Volavolo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. He professed as a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in February 1979. He was ordained a priest on 1 December 1985.

He worked as a parish priest, continued his studies in Manila, and served as master of novices for the Missionaries in Suva, Fiji.

He was conferred a knighthood on 12 June 2016 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

On 9 October 2016, Pope Francis announced that he planned to raise Ribat to the rank of cardinal at a consistory scheduled for 19 November 2016. He was made a Cardinal Priest on that day and assigned to the titular church of San Giovanni Battista de Rossi. He is the first cardinal from his country.

Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 23 December 2017.

He participated as a cardinal elector in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.