Michael Andrew Gielen

Michael Andrew Gielen (born June 2, 1971 in Cambridge , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Auckland .

Life

Michael Andrew Gielen studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology at the University of Otago from 1992 to 1997 . He received on 29 November 1997 the Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand , Max Takuira Matthew Mariu SM , the sacrament of Holy Orders .

From 1997 to 2002 Gielen was parish vicar in the parish of St. Mary's Star of the Sea in Gisborne . From 1999 he was also a member of the Priestly Council of the Diocese of Hamilton in New Zealand and from 2001 President of the Gisborne Ministers Association . In 2002 Michael Andrew Gielen became pastor of the parish of St. Columba in Frankton and the parish of Holy Name in Raglan . In 2005 he continued his studies in the USA , where he obtained a master's degree in Catholic theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2007 .

From 2007 to 2012 Michael Andrew Gielen was pastor of the parish of St. Thomas More in Mount Maunganui and the parish of St. Patrick in Te Puke . From 2009 he was also responsible for vocational pastoral care in the diocese of Hamilton and a member of the priests' council and the college of consultors . In 2014 Gielen graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with a degree in spirituality . In the same year he became director of formation at the Holy Cross seminary in Auckland .

On January 6, 2020 Pope appointed him Francis to the titular of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop Auckland. The Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn , ordained him episcopal on March 7th of that year ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand, Stephen Marmion Lowe , and the Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North , Peter James Cullinane .

Web links

Entry to Michael Andrew Gielen on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ nouns dell'Ausiliare di Auckland (Nuova Zelanda). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 6, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Gielen, Michael Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Auckland
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd June 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cambridge , New Zealand

[1] nouns dell'Ausiliare di Auckland (Nuova Zelanda). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 6, 2020, accessed January 6, 2020 (Italian).