Diocese of Palmerston North
Diocese of Palmerston North | |
Basic data | |
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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
- Peter James Cullinane , 1980–2012
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Charles Edward Drennan , 2012–2019
- Sedis vacancy since October 4, 2019
statistics
year | population | priest | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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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
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Palmerston North (English)
- Entry for the diocese of Palmerston North on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Description on gcatholic.org (English)