Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Christchurch / Christopolitan(us) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Wellington
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 12
Liturgical Calendar (National) π
Address: Cathedral House, 122 Barbadoes Street, PO Box 4544, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 366-9869
Bishop (2022.05.21 β ...): | Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen (53) |
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Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen (53) Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand)
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Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. (57) | ||||||||||
Bishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M. (57) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand)
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Bishop Barry Philip Jones The Lord delights in his people
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Bishop John Jerome Cunneen
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Bishop John Basil Meeking
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Bishop Denis William Hanrahan
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Bishop Brian Patrick Ashby
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Bishop Edward Michael Joyce
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Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons
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Bishop Matthew Joseph Brodie
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Bishop John Joseph Grimes, S.M.
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Area: 32,000 kmΒ²
Population: 68,750 Catholics (10.2% of 673,790 total)
Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 16 missions
Personnel: 61 priests (42 diocesan, 19 religious), 138 religious (39 brothers, 99 sisters), 3 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.01
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