Diocese of Auckland
| Diocese of Auckland | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | New Zealand |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Wellington |
| Diocesan bishop | Patrick James Dunn |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Robin Leamy SM Michael Andrew Gielen |
| Vicar General | Robin Leamy |
| founding | 1848 |
| surface | 26,500 km² |
| Parishes | 69 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 1,881,550 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 216.510 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 11.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 85 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 77 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,336 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 142 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 236 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral , Auckland |
| Website | www.aucklandcatholic.org.nz/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland ( Latin Dioecesis Aucopolitana , English Diocese of Auckland ) is a in New Zealand located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Auckland .
history
Forerunner of today's Diocese of Auckland is the most Jan. 10, 1830 by Pius VIII. From the Apostolic Prefecture Bourbon out founded Apostolic Prefecture South Sea Islands . The territory of the South Sea Islands prefecture was divided into the Vicariate Apostolic Eastern Oceans and Western Oceania on June 8, 1833 . On August 23, 1842, the Vicariate Western Oceania gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate Central Oceania and changed its name to Apostolic Vicariate New Zealand . In 1844, areas of the Vicariate were outsourced as the Apostolic Vicariate of Melanesia and the Apostolic Prefecture of Micronesia . As early as June 20, 1848, the Vicariate Apostolic New Zealand was divided into the Diocese of Auckland and the Diocese of Wellington . The diocese is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Wellington .
Ordinaries
- Jean-Baptiste Pompallier (1848–1869)
- Thomas William Croke (1870–1874)
- Walter Herman Jacobus Steins SJ (1879–1881)
- John Edmund Luck OSB (1882-1896)
- George Michael Lenihan OSB (1896-1910)
- Henry William Cleary (1910-1929)
- James Michael Liston (1929-1970)
- Reginald John Delargey (1970–1974), later Archbishop of Wellington and Cardinal
- John Mackey (1974-1983)
- Denis George Browne (1983–1994), later Bishop of Hamilton
- Patrick James Dunn (since 1994)
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Auckland (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Auckland on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)