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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland is a

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diocese of the

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Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

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. It was one of two dioceses in the country that were established on 20 June 1848. Auckland became a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington in 1887. A large area of the diocese south of Auckland was split from the diocese on 6 March 1980 to form the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand. In 2021 almost 40 per cent of New Zealand’s 471,000 Catholics lived within the diocese of Auckland.Bishop Lowe is the new bishop of Auckland, ''NZ Catholic'', 18 December 2021
(Retrieved 18 December 2021)

Ordinaries of Auckland

Delargey was appointed Archbishop of Wellington in 1974 (Cardinal in 1976).
Browne was appointed Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand in 1994.

Other bishops

Auxiliary bishops

Reginald John Delargey Reginald John Delargey (10 December 1914 – 29 January 1979) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, and later Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand. His title was Cardinal-Priest of '' Immacolata al Tiburtino' ...

(1914–1979) (Priest: 19 Mar 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Nov 1957; Bishop: 1 Sep 1970 to 25 Apr 1974); later Cardinal. *

Edward Gaines Edward Russell Gaines (3 November 1926 – 6 September 1994) was the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1976–1981) and was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand (1980–94). Born in Whanganui in 1926, Ga ...

(Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 1976 to 6 Mar 1980), appointed Bishop of

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

. * John Hubert Macey Rodgers SM (1915–1997) Vicar Apostolic of Tonga (1953–1957), Vicar Apostolic of Tonga and Niue (1957–1966) Bishop of Tonga (1966–1973), Bishop of Rarotonga (1973–1977), Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1977–1985), Superior of the Mission, Funafuti, Tuvalu (1986). * Patrick Dunn (Priest: 24 Apr 1976; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jun 1994; Bishop: 19 Dec 1994 to 17 Dec 2021). * Michael Gielen (born 2 June 1971), Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (2020–2022).

Coadjutor bishop

James Michael Liston James Michael Liston (9 June 1881 – 8 July 1976) was the 7th Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand. Early life James Michael Liston (registered at birth as Michael James Liston) was born in Duned ...

(1920–1929).

Bishop assistant

* Robin Walsh Leamy SM, Bishop Emeritus of

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, (Bishop Assistant in Auckland: 1996–2009)"Bishop Bob Leamy releases his autobiography", ''Society of Mary website''
(Retrieved 15 January 2019))

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Matthew Joseph Brodie, appointed Bishop of Christchurch in 1915 * Peter Thomas McKeefry, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington in 1947; Cardinal from 1969 * Owen Noel Snedden, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington in 1962

Current bishops

* Stephen Lowe, 12th Bishop of Auckland (17 December 2021 - present) * Michael Gielen, Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (2 January 2020 – 21 May 2022) * Patrick Dunn, Emeritus Bishop of Auckland * Denis Browne, Emeritus Bishop of Hamilton * Robin Walsh Leamy, retired Bishop Assistant (2009–present)