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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Submitted by admin on April 23, 2009 - 01:34

Roman Catholic Statistics (New Zealand)

Population (1961 Census)

Maori European
Male 28,56 180,655
Female 183,443
Total 28,656 364,098

Parishes, Churches, and Clergy

Parishes 261
Churches 517
Clergy M 1,091
F 2,456
3,547

Roman Catholic Schools (1963)

No. Pupils Teachers
Primary 273 50,693 1,264
Secondary 69 13,808 513
Post-secondary—
Loreto Hall Teachers'
Training College 1 30 Lectures — Religious of the Sacred Heart Order
Seminaries 3 238 20

by Peter Thomas Bertram McKeefry, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington.

  • Archivium de S. C. Propaganda Fide (Vol. 1820–40), Rome
  • Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, Vol. 9, et seq., Lyons
  • History of the Catholic Church in Australasia, Moran, P. F. (1897)
  • The Church in New Zealand, Vol. 1 and 2, Wilson, J. J. (1910)
  • Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier, Keys, L. G. (1957)
  • Sons of France, Goulter, M. C. (1957)
  • Fishers of Men (edited writings of early missionaries), McKeefry, P. (1938).