Patrick Taval

Patrick Taval M.S.C.
Bishop of Kerema
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Kerema
In office	13 March 2010 – 29 April 2013
Predecessor	Paul John Marx
Successor	Pedro Centeno Baquero
Previous posts	Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema (2007-2010) Titular Bishop of Thimida (1999-2007) Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul (1999-2007)
Orders
Ordination	8 January 1984
Consecration	2 October 1999 by Karl Hesse
Personal details
Born	4 May 1956 Taranga (southwest of Rabaul), Territory of New Guinea, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia, British Empire
Died	29 April 2013 (aged 56)

Patrick Taval (May 4, 1956 – April 29, 2013) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Kerema, Papua New Guinea.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1984, Taval was named Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and Titular Bishop of Thimida in 1999. He became Coadjutor Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea, in March 2010 and then Bishop of Kerema in 2013.

Taval died in 2013 while in office.