This is a list of notable New Zealand Catholics. All additions should be sourced and ideally their faith or Catholic identity should be significant to their notability.
Activists edit
- Patricia Bartlett, former nun and social conservative. She founded the Society for Promotion of Community Standards.
- Marilyn Pryor,[1][2] served on the Executive Council of what is now called Voice for Life.
Artists and architects edit
- Francis Petre, architect of cathedrals[3][4]
Businesspeople edit
- Charles Todd[5] motor-industry pioneer and temperance activist; many in the Todd family were or are Catholics
Politicians edit
- Anand Satyanand, Governor-General from 2006 to 2011, first Roman Catholic and first ethnic Indian (of Indo-Fijian origins) viceregal officeholder, ombudsman, lawyer and judge
- Jim Bolger,[6][7] thirty-fifth Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet (1813–1893), first Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Peter Dignan,[8][9] fifteenth Mayor of Auckland City
- Bill English,[10][11] thirty-ninth Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Walter Lee, Auckland member of parliament
- Michael Joseph Savage,[12][13] twenty-third Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Heremia Te Wake,[14] tribal leader and catechist
- Joseph Ward,[15][16] seventeenth Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Frederick Weld, sixth Prime Minister of New Zealand
Religious edit
Clergy edit
- Fr. Douglas Al-Bazi, refugee from Islamism
- Fr. Mark Beban,[17] also a cricketer.
- Fr. Felix Donnelly (1929-2019),[18][19] social activist, writer, academic and radio talkback host
- Rev. Fr. George Duggan,[20][21] philosopher and centenarian
- Fr. David Kennedy,[22] astronomer and educator
- Bernard O'Brien SJ, Seminary professor.
- Antony Sumich, F.S.S.P.,[23][24][25] New Zealander who was a former international Rugby Union and Cricket player for Croatia.
- Fr. Wiremu Te Awhitu,[26] first Māori to be ordained
Religious sisters and nuns edit
- Mary St Domitille Hickey,[27] historian, school principal, and reportedly the first New Zealand woman to be awarded a doctorate in literature
- Mary Gonzaga Leahy,[28] nun and hospital matron
- Sister Mary Leo,[29] music educator, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Sister Marie Roche,[30] honoured for her work in a prison
Writers and journalists edit
- K. O. Arvidson,[31][32] poet and academic
- James K. Baxter,[33] poet and convert who was offered a job composing catechetical material for the Catholic Education Board
- Eileen Duggan (1894-1972), Poet.
- Patrick Anthony Lawlor,[34] writer known for the autobiographical work Old Wellington days, also worked for the Catholic Writers' Movement of New Zealand
References edit
- ^ The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- ^ "Catholic Worker New Zealand". Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- ^ Francis Petre, 1847-1918 by Philippe Hamilton
- ^ The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "3. – Catholic Church – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". www.teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Close Up - Following the Leader (Jim Bolger) | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1902). "Mr. Peter Dignan". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ G.W.A. Bush, Decently and in Order: The Government of the City of Auckland 1840-1971, Collins, 1971, p.521.
- ^ "Church has vital place in our secular society". Challenge Weekly. Vol. 66, no. 6. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ Colin James, Bill English conservative: a 2000s update Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, New Zealand Herald Weekend Review, 2 December 2006.
- ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Savage, Michael Joseph". www.teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Articles - Dr Michael Bassett". www.michaelbassett.co.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Steven. "Heremia Te Wake". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand biography
- ^ Sir Joseph Ward: A Political Biography by Michael Bassett (1993, Auckland University Press)
- ^ "Player profile - Mark Beban". ESPN. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ Felix Donnelly, One Priest's Life, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, Auckland, 1982.
- ^ Queen's Birthday Honours List 1998. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Rev. Fr. George Henry Duggan SM Obituary: View George Duggan's Obituary by The Dominion Post". Deaths.dompost.co.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Lyndsay Freer, "George Henry Duggan – the man, the myth", Marist Messenger, 1 July 2012 (Retrieved 9 January 2012)
- ^ Laracy, Hugh. "David Kennedy". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Kiwi ordained for St Peter fraternity", NZ Catholic, Apr. 6-19, 2008, p. 2.
- ^ (E) Croatian Antony Sumich Story, Crown Croatian World Network, Antony Sumich, 2005 (accessed 29 June 2010)
- ^ St Anthony's Parish, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, clergy list (Retrieved 12 August 2013)
- ^ Mariu, Max T. "Te Awhitu, Wiremu Hakopa Toa 1914 - 1994". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ Wright, Marie Gabrielle. "Mary St Domitille Hickey". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Engel, Pauline F. "Mary Gonzaga Leahy". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- ^ "Nun works behind bars to improve lives of others". stuff.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
15 years as Rimutaka Prison's Catholic chaplain
- ^ "Arvidson, K.O.", Robinson and Wattie, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, Oxford, Auckland 1998, pp. 27 and 28.
- ^ "K. O. Arvidson | NZETC". nzetc.org. 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
K. O. Arvidson 1938–
- ^ James Baxter biography from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- ^ Broughton, W. S. "Patrick Anthony Lawlor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.