Patrick Dunn
Patrick James Dunn (born February 5, 1950 in London , Great Britain ) is an English clergyman and Bishop of Auckland .
Life
Patrick James Dunn received on 24 April 1976 by the Bishop of Auckland, John Mackey , the sacrament of Holy Orders . In 1992 he became the personal assistant to Mackey's successor, Denis Browne .
June 10, 1994 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Fessee and ordered him to Bishop Auckland. The Bishop of Auckland, Denis Browne , ordained him episcopally on July 25 of that year ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Wellington , Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams , and the Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, John Hubert Macey Rodgers SM . On December 19, 1994, John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Auckland. He was inaugurated on March 29, 1995. He is secretary of the New Zealand Bishops' Conference .
In 2015 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem by Cardinal Grand Master Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien and in July 2015 he was appointed Grand Prior of the newly founded Magistral Delegation New Zealand of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
Web links
- Entry for Patrick James Dunn on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Most Reverend Patrick Dunn
- Bishop of Auckland - Patrick Dunn
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Denis Browne |
Bishop of Auckland since 1994 |
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Grand Prior of the Magistral Delegation New Zealand of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem since 2015 |
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SURNAME | Dunn, Patrick |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dunn, Patrick James (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |