Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland

Last updated
Diocese of Auckland

Dioecesis Aucopolitana
Coat of arms of Diocese of Auckland.webp
Coat of arms
Location
Country New Zealand
Territory New Zealand
Ecclesiastical province Wellington
Statistics
Area24,500 km2 (9,500 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  •  
  • 1,777,545
  • 171,123 (9.63%)
Parishes68
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established13 May 1836
Cathedral St Patrick's
Current leadership
Pope Sede vacante
Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe
Auxiliary Bishops Michael Andrew Gielen
Bishops emeritus Patrick James Dunn
Website
https://www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz
The Bishop's Castle of the Pompallier Diocesan Centre in Auckland 20221019 103702 Pompallier Diocesan Centre.jpg
The Bishop's Castle of the Pompallier Diocesan Centre in 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]

Contents

Ordinaries of Auckland

Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the 1st Bishop of Auckland Pompallier portrait (cropped).jpg
Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the 1st Bishop of Auckland
TenureIncumbentLife
1836–1842 Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania); see below1802–1871
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 19531881–1976
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

Coadjutor bishop

Bishop assistant

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Current bishops

Cathedral

Parishes

The parish churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland:

See also

Secondary schools

St Mary's College, Auckland 20221019 103603 St Mary's College, Auckland.jpg
St Mary's College, Auckland

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]

References

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

36°50′43″S174°44′50″E / 36.845312°S 174.747088°E / -36.845312; 174.747088

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.