Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington
The Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington is the Metropolitan Archdiocese of New Zealand. Catholics number about 83,214 (2006 census). Parishes number 47 parishes and the archdiocese extends over central New Zealand between Levin and Masterton in the north to Kaikoura to Westport in the south.Ordinaries of WellingtonPhilippe Viard was Vicar Apostolic of Wellington from 1850 until the Diocese of Wellington was created in 1860. Francis Redwood was Bishop of that diocese until 1887 when he became Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Wellington (created in that year) and Metropolitan of New Zealand. All incumbents since then carry those latter two titles.Other Bishops Owen Snedden (1917-1981), Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, (1962-1981)Current Bishops John Atcherley Dew, Archbishop of Wellington. Thomas Stafford Williams, Archbishop EmeritusSecondary schoolsBishop Viard College, Porirua, WellingtonChanel College, MastertonGarin College, NelsonSacred Heart College, Lower Hutt, WellingtonSt Bernard's College, Lower Hutt, WellingtonSt Catherine's College, Kilbirnie, WellingtonSt Mary's College, Thorndon, WellingtonSt Patrick's College, Kilbirnie, WellingtonSt Patrick's College, Silverstream, Wellington
