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{{Short description|Catholic bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea)}}
[[File:Mgr Paul Marx p.jpg|thumb|Mgr. Marx]]'''[[Bishop]] Paul John Marx, [[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus|M.S.C.]]''' (12 March 1935 – 19 June 2018) was a French [[Roman Catholic]] prelate, who was bishop of [[Kerema|Kerema, Papua New Guinea]] from 6 December 1988 until 13 March 2010.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kere0.htm Diocese of Kerema]</ref>

Marx was born in [[Mutzig]], [[France]]. He was ordained by Archbishop [[Peter Kurongku]] as Priest of the [[Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus]]. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema on 13 December 1985, aged 50, and as Bishop of Kerema on 6 December 1988, aged 53.

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*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarxp.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources|{{sup|{{small|[''self-published'']}}}}]]

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