Diocese of Auckland
Aucopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Auckland, New Zealand
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1848
- Latin
- Aucopolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000753
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 171,123
- Population
- 1,777,545
- Catholic share
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 138
- Catholics per priest
- 1,240
- Extent
- 24,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Lowe
- Born
- 3 August 1962
- Birthplace
- Hokitika
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Wellington
A suffragan of Wellington.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of WellingtonWellington
- Diocese of ChristchurchChristchurch
- Diocese of DunedinDunedin
- Diocese of Hamilton in New ZealandHamilton
- Diocese of Palmerston NorthPalmerston North
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].