Catholic Church in New Zealand

By Type (11)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (7): Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Military Ordinariate of New Zealand, Palmerston North, Wellington

Chaldean Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Saint Michael’s of Sydney

Syro-Malabar Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne

Ukrainian Church (1): Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

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Apostolic Nunciature: New Zealand

Conference of Bishops: New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Assumption (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Papal Visits

1986.11.22 – 1986.11.24: Apostolic Journey to New Zealand

Geography

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Wellington

Area: 264,537 km²

Population: 4,510,327

Dependencies: Cook Islands , Niue , Tokelau

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Australia , ↑ Fiji , ↑ New Caledonia , ↑ Norfolk Island

Cultural Summary

Religions: Christian 44.3% (Catholic 11.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 7.8%, Methodist, 2.4%, Pentecostal 1.8%, other 9.9%), Hindu 2.1%, Buddhist 1.4%, Maori Christian 1.3%, Islam 1.1%, other religion 1.4% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism), no religion 38.5%, unidentified 12.3%

Languages: English (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)

Ethnic Groups: European 71.2%, Maori 14.1%, Asian 11.3%, Pacific peoples 7.6%, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.1%, other 1.6%, not stated or unidentified 5.4%