Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland
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The Diocese of Auckland is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It was one of two dioceses in the country that were established on 20 June 1848. Auckland became a suffragan diocese of the 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 Diocese of Hamilton. As of 2021, almost 40 per cent of New Zealand’s 471,000 Catholics lived within the diocese of Auckland.
The Bishop's Castle of the Pompallier Diocesan Centre in Auckland
Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the 1st Bishop of Auckland
St Mary's College, Auckland
Catholic Church in New Zealand
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The Catholic Church in New Zealand is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope in Rome, assisted by the Roman Curia, and with the New Zealand bishops.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Jean Baptiste Pompallier, first bishop of Oceania, residing in New Zealand, depicted on a glass-in-lead window in Tonga
The former Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, Francis Petre's largest completed work (1905)
The iconic Futuna Chapel, Wellington, was built in the 1960s and marked a deviation from traditional church architecture.