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  • Brian Patrick Ashby (1923–1988) – Fifth Bishop of Christchurch (1964–1985)

  • Leonard Boyle (1930-2016) – Fifth Bishop of Dunedin (1983–2005)

  • Matthew Joseph Brodie (1864–1943) – Second Bishop of Christchurch (1915–1943), first New Zealander by birth to be made a Catholic bishop

  • 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)

  • Colin Campbell (born 1941) – Sixth Bishop of Dunedin (2004–present)

  • Henry Cleary (1859–1929) – Sixth Bishop of Auckland (1910–1929)

  • Thomas William Croke (1824–1902) – Second Bishop of Auckland (1870–1874)

  • Peter Cullinane (born 1936) – First Bishop of Palmerston North (1980–2012)

  • John Cunneen (1932–2010) – Eighth Bishop of the Christchurch (1995–2007)

  • Reginald John Cardinal 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)

  • John Atcherley Cardinal Dew (born 1948) – Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Ippolito (2015–present); Sixth Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand (2005–present)

  • Owen John Dolan (born 1928) – Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North (1995–2004)

  • Michael Dooley (born 1961) – Seventh Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (2018–present)

  • Paul Donoghue SM (born 1949) – Sixth Bishop of Rarotonga (2011–present)

  • Charles Edward Drennan (born 1960) – Second Bishop of Palmerston North (2012–resigned 4/10/2019)

  • Patrick Dunn (born 1950) – Eleventh Bishop of Auckland (1995–present)

  • Edward Gaines (1926–1994) – First Bishop of Hamilton (1980–1994)

  • Michael Gielen (born 1971) - Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (6 January 2020 - present)

  • John Grimes (1842–1915) – First Bishop of Christchurch (1887–1915)

  • Denis William Hanrahan (1933–1987) – Sixth Bishop of Christchurch (1985–1987)

  • Barry Jones (1941–2016) – Ninth Bishop of Christchurch (2007–2016)

  • Edward Michael Joyce (1904–1964) – Fourth Bishop of Christchurch (1950–1964)

  • John Kavanagh (1913–1985) – Fourth Bishop of Dunedin (1949–1985)

  • Robin Walsh Leamy SM (born 1934) – Fourth Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Niue (1984-1996), Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1996–present)

  • George Lenihan OSB (1858–1910) – Fifth Bishop of Auckland (1896–1910)

  • James Liston (1881–1976) – Coadjutor Bishop of Auckland (1921–1929); Seventh Bishop of Auckland (1929–1970) (with title of Archbishop)

  • Stephen Lowe – Third Catholic Bishop of Hamilton (2015–present)

  • John Luck OSB (1840–1896) – Fourth Bishop of Auckland (1882–1896)

  • Patrick James Lyons (1903–1967) – Third Bishop of Christchurch (1944–1950), Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (1950–1957) and fourth Bishop of Sale (1957–1967)

  • John Mackey (1918–2014) – Ninth Bishop of Auckland (1974–1983)

  • Max Takuira Matthew Mariu SM (1952–2005), Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton (1988–2005)

  • Paul Martin SM (born 5 May 1967) – Tenth Catholic Bishop of Christchurch (2017 – present)

  • Peter Thomas Bertram Cardinal McKeefry (1899–1973) – Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (1969–1973); Third Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand (1954–1973)

  • Basil Meeking (born 1929) – Seventh Bishop of Christchurch (1987–1995)

  • Patrick Moran (1823–1895) – First Bishop of Dunedin

  • Stuart France O'Connell SM (1935–2019) – Fifth Bishop of Rarotonga (1996–2011)

  • Hugh O'Neill (1898–1955) – Coadjutor Bishop Dunedin (1943–1946)

  • Thomas O'Shea (1870–1954) – Second Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand (1935–1954)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Owen Noel Snedden (1962–1981) – Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington (1962–1981)

  • Walter Steins Bisschop SJ (1810–1881) – Third Bishop of Auckland (1879–1881) (with title of Archbishop)

  • Michael Verdon (1838–1918) – Second Bishop of Dunedin (1896–1918)

  • Philippe-Joseph Viard SM (1809–1872) – Vicar Apostolic/Administrator Apostolic of Wellington (1848–1860); First Bishop of Wellington (1860–1872)

  • Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams (born 1930) – Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti (1983–present); Fifth Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand (1979–2005)

  • James Whyte (1868–1957) – Third Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand (1920–1957)

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About This Tool

New Zealand is a religious country, mainly Christian and Catholic. So there are a lot of Catholic churches in New Zealand, almost every church will be equipped with 1-2 bishops, of course, there are archdioceses. The bishop is responsible for the day-to-day teaching of the Canon, the recruitment of new teachers, the conduct of day-to-day affairs and so on.

The bishop of the New Zealand Catholic Church has never married, and in order to promote Catholicism and live a clean life, even in death he has a large number of faithful followers and can be placed in the Catholic Register. The random tool generated a list of 47 prominent New Zealand Catholic bishops, including their dates of birth and death, which church they had served in, and how long they had served. If you’re a Catholic, random tool compiled this list and won’t let you down.

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