Diocese of Dunedin
Dunedinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dunedin, New Zealand
Latin rite diocese covering the southern South Island of New Zealand, seated in Dunedin. Erected on 26 November 1869, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Wellington and its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 November 1869
- Latin
- Dunedinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001334
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 34,000
- Population
- 306,120
- Catholic share
- 11.1%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 1,097
- Extent
- 64,747 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Michael Dooley
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
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin stands in Dunedin, 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 AucklandAuckland
- Diocese of ChristchurchChristchurch
- Diocese of Hamilton in New ZealandHamilton
- Diocese of Palmerston NorthPalmerston North
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Dunedin, the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, is the see city and cathedral home of the Latin Rite Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunedin (Dioecesis Dunedinensis), a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. It was created on 26 November 1869 out of part of the territory of the Diocese of Wellington, before that see became an archdiocese.
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].