Catholic Church in New Zealand
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The Catholic Church in New Zealand is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman curia in Rome. There are an estimated 500,000 baptized Catholics in New Zealand, 12 percent of the total population. In New Zealand there is one Archdiocese (Wellington) and five suffragan dioceses with 530 priests and 1200 men and women religious.
The six dioceses, listed here from North to South, are:
Pope Gregory XVI in 1835 established the Vicariate of Western Oceania and sent Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier and members of the Society of Mary (Marists) to be New Zealand's first clergy. They arrived early in 1838.
There have only ever been three New Zealand Cardinals: Peter McKeefry, Reginald Delargey and Thomas Williams. All three were at the time Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand.
The 150 year old St. Patrick's Cathedral in the Auckland diocese has been recently renovated and was re-opened on the 14-15 September 2007.
[edit] Religious Orders in New Zealand
- Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Montmartre,
- Assumptionists,
- Capuchin Friars,
- Carmelites,
- Cenacle Sisters,
- Christian Brothers,
- Cistercians,
- Columban Fathers,
- Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions,
- Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy,
- Daughters of Charity,
- Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion,
- De La Salle Brothers,
- Discalced Carmelites,
- Divine Word Missionaries,
- Dominican Friars,
- Dominican Sisters,
- Franciscan Friars,
- Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood,
- Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God,
- Little Company of Mary,
- Little Sisters of the Assumption,
- Little Sisters of the Poor,
- Marist Brothers,
- Marist Sisters,
- Mill Hill Missionaries,
- Mission Society of the Philippines,
- Missionaries of Charity,
- Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver,
- Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary,
- Redemptorists,
- Religious of the Sacred Heart,
- Rosminians,
- Sister Disciples of the Divine Master,
- Sisters of Nazareth,
- Sisters of St Brigid,
- Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny,
- Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth,
- Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart,
- Sisters of the Good Shepherd,
- Sisters of the Holy Faith,
- Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
- Society of Christ,
- Society of Mary,
- Workers of Christ the Worker
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