Suffragan diocese Auckland, New Zealand
Diocese of Auckland
Aucopolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering the upper North Island of New Zealand, seated in Auckland. Erected on 20 June 1848, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Wellington and its seat is the Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1848
- Catholics
- 171,123
- Priests
- 138
- Territory
- 24,500 km²
Parishes and churches
64 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Patrick & St Joseph Cathedral Auckland City ParishAuckland · CathedralMass times recorded
- Christ the King Parish OwairakaAucklandMass times recorded
- Coromandel Peninsula & Hauraki Plains ParishesThamesView parish
- Good Shepherd Parish BalmoralAucklandMass times recorded
- Holy Cross Papatoetoe ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- Holy Cross Parish HendersonAucklandView parish
- Holy Family Parish KerikeriKerikeriView parish
- Holy Family Parish Te AtatuAucklandView parish
- Holy Name Parish WarkworthMatakanaView parish
- Immaculate Conception Parish EllerslieAucklandView parish
- Maria Assumpta Parish Beach HavenAucklandView parish
- Mid North Pastoral Area ParishesŌkaihauView parish
- Mother of Perpetual Help, Glendowie ParishAucklandView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima, Meadowbank ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Glen EdenAucklandMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Assumption, Onehunga ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Epsom ParishAucklandView parish
- Our Lady Star of the Sea, Howick ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- Ponsonby Herne Bay ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- Sacred Heart, Parish of the Northern WairoaDargavilleView parish
- Ss Joseph & Joachim, Otahuhu ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- St Andrew, Tuakau ParishTuakauMass times recorded
- St Anne's Parish ManurewaAucklandView parish
- St Anthony Parish Mangere BridgeAucklandMass times recorded
- St Anthony, Waiuku ParishWaiukuView parish
- St Benedict's, Parish of NewtonAucklandMass times recorded
- St Bernadette Parish Mt WellingtonAucklandMass times recorded
- St Dominic's, Blockhouse Bay ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- St Francis & St Therese, Pt Chevalier ParishAucklandMass times recorded
- St Francis de Sales Torbay East Coast Bays ParishAucklandView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Lowe
- Born
- 3 August 1962
- Birthplace
- Hokitika
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph stands in Auckland, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
One of the two dioceses established in New Zealand on 20 June 1848, the Diocese of Auckland is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church that became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Wellington in 1887. On 6 March 1980 a large area south of Auckland was separated from it to create the Diocese of Hamilton. As of 2021, the diocese was home to almost 40 per cent of New Zealand's 471,000 Catholics.
This see in the wire
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Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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A tiny addition to the collection…
The Diocese of Auckland archives received a monstrance shaped souvenir badge from a priest in Northland. The enamel and zinc badge commemorates the first National Eucharistic Congress held in New Zealand in 1940 during the country's official centenary. The badge features the text 1840 N.Z 1940 Nat Euch Cong on the bottom. A similar item is held by Te Papa, which identifies the manufacturer as Theo Meyer Ltd of Auckland.
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A pectoral Cross that has travelled the world
The Auckland Diocese collection includes a pectoral cross formerly worn by Bishop Thomas Croke, the second bishop of the diocese. The cross reached the collection after traveling through Rome and Tonga. The diocese notes that current and past bishops often wear the pectoral crosses of their predecessors. For example, Bishop Lenihan wore the cross of Bishop Luck, while both Bishop Pat Dunn and the current bishop have worn the pectoral cross of Bishop Pompallier.
- Franciscan Friars return to New Zealand
- Catholic Diocese of Auckland works with 25 altar-stones
- Architects in awe and a visit from my former boss
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