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Hinduism emerged as the second-largest religious group in New Zealand after Christianity in the 2006 census. [citation needed] Of the major ethnic groups in New Zealand, people belonging to European and Māori ethnicities were the most likely to be irreligious, with 46.9 per cent and 46.3 per cent stating so in the 2013 census. Those belonging ...
The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Auckland in 1850 and were the first order of religious sisters to come to New Zealand and began to work in health care and education. [37] At the direction of Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross), the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart arrived in New Zealand and established schools.
Many Catholic religious orders came to New Zealand. The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Auckland in 1850 – the first order of religious sisters to come to New Zealand – and began work in health care and education. [17] The Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions arrived in Napier in 1867.
Website. https://compassion.org.nz/. The Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion, also known as Sisters of Compassion, is a religious institute founded in May, 1892. The Catholic order was founded by Suzanne Aubert in Jerusalem, Hiruhārama, New Zealand. As of 2023, there are four main centres in the Wellington region with another operation in Fiji.
Equippers Church [11] Harmony Church, Christchurch [12] Life Church [13] Majestic Church [14] New Life Churches, New Zealand. Pentecostal Church of New Zealand. Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Incorporated. Shalom Church Wellington, First Malayalam Pentecostal Church New Zealand [15] Vineyard Churches Aotearoa New Zealand [16]
Charles Drennan (born 1960) - Second Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North (2012–2019) Patrick Dunn - Eleventh Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1995–present) Edward Gaines - First Catholic Bishop of Hamilton (1980–1994) Michael Gielen (born 1971) - appointed Auxiliary of the Catholic Diocese of Auckland on 6 January 2020.
The first structure that was purpose-built for the Redemptorists in New Zealand was St Gerard's Church in Wellington in 1908. [18] In 1927, the province of Australasia, which included Australia and New Zealand, was created. New Zealand became an independent province in 1970 and from New Zealand, the Redemptorists went to Samoa in 1972. [19]
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington ( Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vellingtonensis) is the metropolitan archdiocese of New Zealand. Catholics number about 83,214 (2006 census). Parishes number 22 and the archdiocese extends over central New Zealand between Levin and Masterton in the north to Kaikoura to Westport in the south.