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The following is a list of
Catholic Bishops in New Zealand.
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John Adams (born 1963) – Third Bishop of
Palmerston North (2023–present)
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Brian Patrick Ashby (1923–1988) – Fifth Bishop of
Christchurch (1964–1985)
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Leonard Boyle (1930–2016) – Fifth Bishop of
Dunedin (1983–2005)
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Matthew Joseph Brodie (1864–1943) – Second Bishop of
Christchurch (1915–1943), first New Zealander by birth to be made a Catholic bishop
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Denis George Browne (born 1937) – Third Bishop of
Cook Islands and Niue (1977–1983); Tenth Bishop of
Auckland (1983–1994) – Second Bishop of
Hamilton (1995–2014)
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Colin Campbell (born 1941) – Sixth Bishop of
Dunedin (2004–present)
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Henry Cleary (1859–1929) – Sixth Bishop of
Auckland (1910–1929)
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Thomas William Croke (1824–1902) – Second Bishop of
Auckland (1870–1874)
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Peter Cullinane (born 1936) – First Bishop of
Palmerston North (1980–2012)
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John Cunneen (1932–2010) – Eighth Bishop of the
Christchurch (1995–2007)
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Reginald John Delargey (1914–1979) – Cardinal-Priest of
Immacolata al Tiburtino (1976–1979), Eighth Bishop of
Auckland (1970–1974) – Fourth Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (1974–1978)
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John Atcherley Dew (born 1948) – Cardinal-Priest of
Sant’Ippolito (2015–present); Sixth Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (2005–2023)
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Owen John Dolan (born 1928) –
Coadjutor Bishop of
Palmerston North (1995–2004)
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Michael Dooley (born 1961) – Seventh Catholic
Bishop of Dunedin (2018–present)
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Paul Donoghue
SM (born 1949) – Sixth Bishop of
Rarotonga (2011–present)
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Charles Edward Drennan (born 1960) – Second Bishop of
Palmerston North (2012–2019)
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Patrick Dunn (born 1950) – Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1994); Eleventh Bishop of
Auckland (1994–2021)
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Edward Gaines (1926–1994) – First Bishop of
Hamilton (1980–1994)
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Michael Gielen (born 1971) – Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (6 January 2020 – present)
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John Grimes (1842–1915) – First Bishop of
Christchurch (1887–1915)
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Denis William Hanrahan (1933–1987) – Sixth Bishop of
Christchurch (1985–1987)
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Barry Jones (1941–2016) – Ninth Bishop of
Christchurch (2007–2016)
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Edward Michael Joyce (1904–1964) – Fourth Bishop of
Christchurch (1950–1964)
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John Kavanagh (1913–1985) – Fourth Bishop of
Dunedin (1949–1985)
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Richard Laurenson - Fourth Bishop of
Hamilton (2023–present)
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Robin Walsh Leamy
SM (born 1934) – Fourth Bishop of
Rarotonga,
Cook Islands and
Niue (1984–1996),
Auxiliary Bishop of
Auckland (1996–present)
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George Lenihan
OSB (1858–1910) – Fifth Bishop of
Auckland (1896–1910)
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James Liston (1881–1976) –
Coadjutor Bishop of
Auckland (1921–1929); Seventh Bishop of
Auckland (1929–1970) (with title of Archbishop)
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Stephen Marmion Lowe - Third Catholic Bishop of Hamilton (2015-2021); Twelfth Bishop of Auckland (2021-present)
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John Luck
OSB (1840–1896) – Fourth Bishop of
Auckland (1882–1896)
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Patrick James Lyons (1903–1967) – Third Bishop of
Christchurch (1944–1950), Auxiliary Bishop of
Sydney (1950–1957) and fourth Bishop of
Sale (1957–1967)
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John Mackey (1918–2014) – Ninth Bishop of
Auckland (1974–1983)
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Max Takuira Matthew Mariu SM (1952–2005), Auxiliary Bishop of
Hamilton (1988–2005)
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Paul Martin
SM (born 5 May 1967) – Seventh Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (2023–present); Tenth Bishop of
Christchurch (2016–2019);
Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch (2019–2023)
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Peter Thomas Bertram McKeefry (1899–1973) – Cardinal-Priest of
Immacolata al Tiburtino (1969–1973); Third Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (1954–1973)
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Basil Meeking (born 1929) – Seventh Bishop of
Christchurch (1987–1995)
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Patrick Moran (1823–1895) – First Bishop of
Dunedin
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Stuart France O'Connell SM (1935–2019) – Fifth Bishop of
Rarotonga (1996–2011)
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Hugh O'Neill (1898–1955) –
Coadjutor Bishop
Dunedin (1943–1946)
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Thomas O'Shea (1870–1954) – Second Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (1935–1954)
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Jean Baptiste Pompallier (1802–1871) –
Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania (1836–1842);
Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand (1842–1848);
First Bishop of Auckland (1848–1869)
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Francis William Mary Redwood (1839–1935)
SM – Second Catholic Bishop of Wellington (1875–1887); First Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (1887–1935)
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John Hubert Macey Rodgers
SM (1915–1997) –
Vicar Apostolic of Tonga (1953–1957),
Vicar Apostolic of Tonga and Niue (1957–1966),
First Bishop of Tonga (1966–1973),
Second Bishop of Rarotonga (1973–1977),
Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1977–1985),
Superior of the Mission, Funafuti, Tuvalu (1986)
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Owen Noel Snedden (1962–1981) –
Auxiliary Bishop of
Wellington (1962–1981)
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Walter Steins Bisschop
SJ (1810–1881) – Third Bishop of
Auckland (1879–1881) (with title of Archbishop)
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Michael Verdon (1838–1918) – Second Bishop of
Dunedin (1896–1918)
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Philippe-Joseph Viard
SM (1809–1872) –
Vicar Apostolic/
Administrator Apostolic of Wellington (1848–1860); First Bishop of
Wellington (1860–1872)
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Thomas Stafford Williams (1930–2023) – Cardinal-Priest of
Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–2023); Fifth Archbishop of
Wellington and
Metropolitan of
New Zealand (1979–2005)
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James Whyte (1868–1957) – Third Bishop of
Dunedin,
New Zealand (1920–1957)
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