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Appointment of Bishop Paul Martin SM of Christchurch as Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington

Image may contain: 1 person, standingThe Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Paul Gerard Martin, S.M., currently Bishop of Christchurch, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington and Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch. This appointment carries the right of succession to the Archdiocese.
Born in Hastings in 1967 as one of five children, Bishop Paul was educated at St Josephs School and St John’s College in Hastings.
He gained a BA at Victoria University and a B.Theol at Sydney College of Divinity. He studied at the Angelicum University in Rome for a Baccalaureate of Theology and gained a Graduate Diploma of Teaching at Auckland College of Education.
He was professed as a member of the Society of Mary in January 1988 and ordained to priesthood in September 1993.
Bishop Paul’s priestly ministry was served in a number of parishes, and in education, first at Pompallier College Whangarei, Hato Paora College in Feilding, St Bede’s College in Christchurch and St Patricks College in Kilbirnie where he became Rector in 2008. In 2014 he became the Assistant Provincial and Provincial Bursar for the Society of Mary, followed by an appointment as the Society’s Bursar General in Rome.
In December 2017 he was appointed Bishop of Christchurch and installed in 2018 as the 10th Bishop of Christchurch. On 1 January 2021 his appointment as Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Christchurch was announced from Rome. Archbishop Martin will maintain his southern connection by acting as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Christchurch until the Pope appoints a new bishop.
Enquiries to diocesan media spokesperson Lyndsay Freer, ph. 021 272 4895.

Major donation to Auckland Diocese

The Catholic Diocese of Auckland has received a significant and generous bequest to assist its missionary work.  This extraordinary gift of $118m has come from the estate of the late Mr Harold Plumley who, during his lifetime, supported a number of Catholic causes.

The Catholic Church was established in Auckland in the 1830s and has been involved in a wide range of educational and charitable activities. The Diocese stretches from the Far North to the Firth of Thames, Coromandel, and is comprised of close to 200,000 Catholics, 100 churches, more than 50 schools and many other charitable and community services including emergency and social housing, community and family services, early learning, adult education, disability support, relief of poverty funding, justice and peace advocacy, deaf ministries, and chaplaincies for ethnic communities, prisons, hospitals, and tertiary students.

Mr Plumley requested that his bequest should be used to include the care of needy families, to further Catholic education, to support priests and ministries and to maintain and conserve our historic buildings. The bequest is shown as income in our 2019 audited financial statements which are reported and published on the Charities Services website.

The Diocese has established a Harold Plumley Endowment Fund to benefit both present and future generations.  Key projects committed to so far, include an emergency housing project for the homeless, building a new parish and community facility in Flat Bush and the establishment of a new secondary school in South Auckland.

A visionary gift of this nature is a once in a lifetime event, and the Diocese is committed to honouring Mr Plumley’s intention in its application of this bequest.

Enquiries to diocesan media spokesperson Lyndsay Freer, ph. 021 272 4895.

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