Diocese of Palmerston North

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Diocese of Palmerston North
Basic data
Country New Zealand
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Wellington
Diocesan bishop Sedis vacancy
Apostolic Administrator John Atcherley Cardinal Dew
Emeritus diocesan bishop Peter James Cullinane
Charles Edward Drennan
Emeritus coadjutor Owen John Dolan
surface 36,200 km²
Parishes 22 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 460,619 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 60,285 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 13.1%
Diocesan priest 34 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 19 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,137
Permanent deacons 1 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 28 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 62 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral
Website www.pn.catholic.org.nz/

The Diocese of Palmerston North ( Latin Dioecesis Palmerstonaquiloniana , English Diocese of Palmerston North ) is in New Zealand location diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Palmerston North .

history

Pope John Paul II founded it on March 6, 1980 with the bull Properamus et gestimus from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Wellington , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.

Bishops of Palmerston North

statistics

year population priest Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest male Female
1990 71.106 427.845 16.6 115 50 65 618 112 163 36
1999 62,310 447.837 13.9 74 42 32 842 57 129 33
2000 62,310 447.837 13.9 71 43 28 877 52 89 33
2001 62,310 447.837 13.9 69 44 25th 903 31 83 33
2002 62,310 447.837 13.9 63 42 21st 989 35 72 33
2003 62,310 447.837 13.9 64 44 20th 973 37 82 33
2004 62,844 444,837 14.1 56 43 13 1,122 36 61 33

See also

Web links

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