Diocese of Palmerston North

The Diocese of Palmerston North is Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington. It was formed on 6 March 1980 when the archdiocese was divided. The diocese has an area of area and had, in 2023, 68,160 Catholics, 44 priests (26 diocesan, 18 religious priests), 2 permanent deacons, 76 religious (male and female) out of a total population of 526,735. The cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.

Ordinaries of Palmerston North + List of ordinaries of Palmerston North Tenure Incumbent Life 1980–2012 Peter James Cullinane 1936–present 2012–2019 Charles Edward Drennan 1960–present 2019–2023 John Dew 1948–present2023–present John Adams 1963–present

Present bishops John Adams third Bishop of Palmerston North (2023 – incumbent) John Cardinal Dew, Apostolic Administrator (2019–2023). Charles Edward Drennan (born 1960), second Bishop of Palmerston North (2012–2019); Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North (2011–2012). Owen John Dolan (born 1928) Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North (2004–present); Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North (1995–2004). Peter James Cullinane (born 1936), Bishop Emeritus of Palmerston North (2012–present); first Bishop of Palmerston North (1980–2012).

Secondary schools

Cullinane College, Wanganui Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth Hato Paora College, Feilding Sacred Heart College, Napier Sacred Heart Girls' College, New Plymouth St John's College, Hastings St Joseph's Māori Girls' College, Taradale, Napier St Peter's College, Palmerston North

Diocese of Palmerston North

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