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Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland

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Diocese of Auckland
Dioecesis Aucopolitana
Location
Country New Zealand
Territory New Zealand
Ecclesiastical province Wellington
Statistics
Area 24,500 km2 (9,500 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		1,777,545
171,123 (9.63%)
Parishes 68
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 13 May 1836
Cathedral St Patrick and St Joseph
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe
Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Martin SM
Bishops emeritus Patrick James Dunn
Website
https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz

Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland — The Diocese of Auckland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It was one of two dioceses in the country that were established on 20 June 1848. Auckland became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington in 1887.[1] A large area of the diocese south of Auckland was split from the diocese on 6 March 1980 to form the Diocese of Hamilton. As of 2021, almost 40 per cent of New Zealand’s 471,000 Catholics lived within the diocese of Auckland.[2]

Ordinaries of Auckland

Tenure Incumbent Life
1836–1842 Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania); see below 1802–1871
1842–1848 Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand); see above & below
1848–1869 Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (1st Bishop of Auckland); see above
1870–1874 Thomas Croke 1824–1902
1879–1881 Walter Steins SJ, Archbishop (personal title) 1800–1881
1882–1896 John Luck OSB 1840–1896
1896–1910 George Lenihan OSB 1858–1910
1910–1929 Henry Cleary 1859–1929
1929–1970 James Liston, Archbishop (personal title) in 1953 1881–1976
1970–1974 Reginald John Delargey (future Cardinal) 1914–1979
1974–1983 John Mackey 1918–2014
1983–1994 Denis Browne 1937–2024
1994–2021 Patrick Dunn Born 1950
2021–present Stephen Lowe Born 1962

Delargey was appointed Archbishop of Wellington in 1974 (Cardinal in 1976).
Browne was appointed Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand in 1994.

Other bishops

Auxiliary bishops

  • Reginald John Delargey (1914–1979) (Priest: 19 Mar 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Nov 1957; Bishop: 1 Sep 1970 to 25 Apr 1974); later Cardinal.
  • Edward Gaines (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 1976 to 6 Mar 1980), appointed Bishop of Hamilton.
  • John Hubert Macey Rodgers SM (1915–1997) Vicar Apostolic of Tonga (1953–1957), Vicar Apostolic of Tonga and Niue (1957–1966) Bishop of Tonga (1966–1973), Bishop of Rarotonga (1973–1977), Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1977–1985), Superior of the Mission, Funafuti, Tuvalu (1986).
  • Patrick Dunn (Priest: 24 Apr 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jun 1994; Bishop: 19 Dec 1994 to 17 Dec 2021).
  • Michael Gielen (born 2 June 1971), Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (2020–2022); Bishop of Christchurch (2022-present)

Coadjutor bishop

  • James Michael Liston (1920–1929).

Bishop assistant

  • Robin Walsh Leamy SM (1934 – 2022), Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, (Bishop Assistant in Auckland: 1996–2009)[3])

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Current bishops

  • Stephen Lowe, 12th Bishop of Auckland (17 December 2021 - present)[2]
  • Patrick Dunn, Emeritus Bishop of Auckland

Cathedral

Parishes

The parish churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland:

  • Auckland City, Cathedral St Patrick & St Joseph
  • Avondale, St Mary of the Immaculate Conception
  • Balmoral, Good Shepherd
  • BeachHaven, Maria Assumpta
  • Blockhouse Bay, St Dominic
  • Clover Park, St Peter Chanel
  • Coromandel Peninsula & Hauraki Plains
  • Dargaville, Sacred Heart
  • Devonport, St Francis de Sales & All Souls
  • East Coast Bays Parishes
  • Ellerslie, Immaculate Conception
  • Epsom, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
  • Flat Bush, St Luke
  • Glen Eden, Our Lady of Lourdes
  • Glen Innes, St Pius X
  • Glendowie, Mother of Perpetual Help
  • Glenfield, St Thomas More
  • Grey Lynn, St Joseph
  • Helensville, St Joseph
  • Henderson, Holy Cross
  • Hibiscus Coast
  • Hillsborough, St John Vianney
  • Howick, Our Lady, Star of the Sea
  • Kaitaia, Holy Family
  • Kerikeri, Holy Family
  • Korean Parish, Holy Family
  • Mangere Parishes
  • Manurewa, St Anne
  • Massey, St Paul
  • Meadowbank, Our Lady of Fatima
  • Mid-North Parishes
  • Mt Albert, St Mary
  • Mt Wellington, St Bernadette
  • Newton, St Benedicts
  • Northcote, St Mary
  • Onehunga, Our Lady of the Assumption
  • Orakei, St Joseph
  • Otahuhu, Ss Joseph & Joachim
  • Owairaka, Christ the King
  • Pakuranga, St Mark
  • Papatoetoe, Holy cross parish
  • Waiheke Island, St Peter
  • Warkworth, Holy Name
  • Wellsford, St Mary
  • Whangarei, St Francis Xavier

See also

Secondary schools

Defunct schools

Missions

Croatian Catholic Mission in Auckland was established in 1904.[4] Current mission leader (since August 2024) is rev. Danko Bizjak, priest of the Sisak Diocese.[4]

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[5]

References

  1. Back to citation "Original NZ dioceses celebrate birthdays", NZ Catholic, June 1998.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Bishop Lowe is the new bishop of Auckland, NZ Catholic, 18 December 2021 (Retrieved 18 December 2021)
  3. Back to citation "Bishop Bob Leamy releases his autobiography", Society of Mary website (Retrieved 15 January 2019)
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 "120 godina Hrvatske katoličke misije u Aucklandu". Voice of Croatia (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Television (HRT). 4 December 2024.
  5. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland, official website

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