Catholic ChurchinNew Zealand |
Also known as: Neuseeland (Deutsch), Nueva Zelanda (español), la Nouvelle-Zélande (français), Nuova Zelanda (Italiano), Nowa Zelandia (polski), Nova Zelândia (Português), 紐西蘭(新西蘭) (正體中文), ニュージーランド (日本語), Nova Zelandia (latine)
Roman Rite (7): Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Military Ordinariate of New Zealand, Palmerston North, Wellington
Chaldean Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Greek-Melkite Church (1): Saint Michael’s of Sydney
Syro-Malabar Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne
Ukrainian Church (1): Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne
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Apostolic Nunciature: New Zealand
Conference of Bishops: New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.)
Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Assumption (August 15)
Continent: Oceania
Capital: Wellington
Area: 264,537 km²
Population: 4,510,327
Dependencies: Cook Islands , Niue , Tokelau
Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Australia , ↑ Fiji , ↑ New Caledonia , ↑ Norfolk Island
Religions: Christian 44.3% (Catholic 11.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 7.8%, Methodist, 2.4%, Pentecostal 1.8%, other 9.9%), Hindu 2.1%, Buddhist 1.4%, Maori Christian 1.3%, Islam 1.1%, other religion 1.4% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism), no religion 38.5%, unidentified 12.3%
Languages: English (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)
Ethnic Groups: European 71.2%, Maori 14.1%, Asian 11.3%, Pacific peoples 7.6%, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.1%, other 1.6%, not stated or unidentified 5.4%
Area: 270,534 km²
Catholic Population: 551,000 Catholics (10.8% of 5,123,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 193 parishes, 66 other centres
Clergy: 14 bishops (5 diocesan, 9 titular), 430 priests (262 diocesan, 168 religious), 38 permanent deacons (37 diocesan, 1 religious)
Non-Clergy: 652 religious (84 brothers, 568 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (brother), 18 major seminarians, 745 catechists
Last updated on 2024.10.02
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