Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand
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Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington
. It was formed on 6 March 1980 from a portion of the territory in the Diocese of Auckland.
Ordinaries
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|1980 to 1994||Edward Russell Gaines
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|1994 to present||Denis George Browne||1937 to present
(1952-2005), Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (1988-2005)
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington
The Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington is the Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Zealand. Catholics number about 83,214 . Parishes number 47 parishes and the archdiocese extends over central New Zealand between Levin and Masterton in the north to Kaikoura to Westport in the...
. It was formed on 6 March 1980 from a portion of the territory in the Diocese of Auckland.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland
The Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Auckland is one of the two original dioceses in New Zealand. Although formally a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington, both were erected on 20 June 1848...
OrdinariesOrdinaryIn those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...
of Hamilton, New Zealand
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|1980 to 1994||Edward Russell Gaines
Edward Russell Gaines
Most Reverend Edward Russell Gaines, DD was the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland and was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand ....
||1926 to 1994
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|1994 to present||Denis George Browne||1937 to present
Other Bishops
Max Takuira Matthew Mariu SMMax Mariu
Max Takuira Matthew Mariu SM was the Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand . He was the first Māori to be ordained a Catholic bishop.-Early life:...
(1952-2005), Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (1988-2005)
Secondary schools
- Aquinas College, TaurangaAquinas College, TaurangaAquinas College is a state integrated Special Character school on the south western outskirts of Tauranga City, New Zealand. It is a Roman Catholic Co-educational combined collegiate and intermediate . It was founded in 2003 with St...
- Campion College, GisborneCampion College, GisborneCampion College, Gisborne is an integrated, co-educational college located in Gisborne, New Zealand including students from Year 7 to Year 13 . The college received its name from its patron saint, St Edmund Campion whose feast day is 1 December. Students have the opportunity to study Religious...
- John Paul College, RotoruaJohn Paul College, RotoruaJohn Paul College is a secondary school in Rotorua, New Zealand. It caters for year 7 to 13 boys and girls and offers a Catholic education to its students. It was opened in 1987 and combined two existing schools, Edmund Rice College and MacKillop College . The school was founded to serve the...
- Sacred Heart Girls' College, HamiltonSacred Heart Girls' College, HamiltonSacred Heart Girls College is a state integrated Catholic Girls' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1884...
- St John's College, Hamilton
See also
- Holy Cross SeminaryHoly Cross College (New Zealand)Holy Cross College or Holy Cross Seminary is the national Roman Catholic seminary of New Zealand for the training of priests. It was first opened in 1900 in Mosgiel and was relocated to Auckland in 1997.-Establishment:...
- Holy Name SeminaryHoly Name SeminaryHoly Name Seminary was a Roman Catholic seminary staffed by the Society of Jesus established in New Zealand for the training of priests. It was first opened in 1947 in Christchurch and closed at the end of 1978.-Establishment:...
- Roman Catholicism in New Zealand
- List of New Zealand Catholic bishops