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.[1] 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[update], almost 40 per cent of New Zealand’s 471,000 Catholics lived within the diocese of Auckland.[2]
| Tenure | Incumbent | Life |
|---|---|---|
| 1836–1842 | Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (Vicar ApostolicofWestern Oceania); see below | 1802–1871 |
| 1842–1848 | Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (Vicar ApostolicofNew Zealand); see above & below | |
| 1848–1869 | Jean-Baptiste-François Pompallier (1st Bishop of Auckland); see above | |
| 1870–1874 | Thomas Croke | 1824–1902 |
| 1879–1881 | Walter Steins SJ, Archbishop (personal title) | 1800–1881 |
| 1882–1896 | John Luck OSB | 1840–1896 |
| 1896–1910 | George Lenihan OSB | 1858–1910 |
| 1910–1929 | Henry Cleary | 1859–1929 |
| 1929–1970 | James Liston, Archbishop (personal title) in 1953 | 1881–1976 |
| 1970–1974 | Reginald John Delargey (future Cardinal) | 1914–1979 |
| 1974–1983 | John Mackey | 1918–2014 |
| 1983–1994 | Denis Browne | Born 1937 |
| 1994–2021 | Patrick Dunn | Born 1950 |
| 2021–present | Stephen Lowe | Born 1962 |
Delargey was appointed Archbishop of Wellington in 1974 (Cardinal in 1976).
Browne was appointed Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand in 1994.
The parish churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland:
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