John Edmund Luck (1840–1896)
OSB was the fourth Catholic bishop of
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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(1882–1896).
He was born in England.
Luck Crescent in Monte Cecilia Park,
Hillsborough, Auckland
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was named in his honour in 1982.
Notes
References/Sources
* E.R. Simmons, ''A Brief History of the Catholic Church in New Zealand'', Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland, 1978.
* E.R. Simmons, ''In Cruce Salus, A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848 – 1980'', Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland 1982.
''Bishop John Edmund Luck OSB'', Catholic Hierarchy website(retrieved 12 February 2011)
1840 births
1896 deaths
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Zealand
British emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand Benedictines
Roman Catholic bishops of Auckland
Benedictine bishops
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
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