Hamilton Diocese - Proud to be Catholic - Our People
Bishop Denis Browne
Installed as Bishop of Hamilton, 27 March 1995.
Mons. David Bennett
Appointed Vicar General,
1 January 2006.
College of Consultors
Mons. David Bennett
Fr Philip Billing
Fr Leonard Danvers
Fr Paddy Keane
Fr Joe Stack
Diocesan Pastoral Council
Mons. David Bennett
Greg Barry
Mons. David Bennett
Tom Callinan
Carole Fleming (Chairperson)
Elsie Flay
Bruce Fraser-Jones
Sr Raewyn Hogan rndm
Jessica Jackman
Rene Molina
Reihana Morunga
Tony Noble
Peter Richardson (Secretary)
Diocesan Finance Council
Mons. Michael Browne
Paul Barnett
Michael Cooney
John Coulam
Judith Glibert
Michael Hanaray
Barry Pryor
Peter Trapski
Colin Vazey
Priests' Council
Mons. David Bennett
Fr Philip Billings
Fr Leonard Danvers
Fr Paddy Keane
Fr Richard Laurenson (Secretary)
Fr Joe Stack
General Manager
Greg Schmidt
Archives
David Beirne (Archivist)
Bishop's Office
Colleen Graham (Secretary)
Catholic Care
Liz Pennell (Manager)
Catholic Development Fund
David Barrowclough (Manager)
Catholic Integrated Schools Office
Graeme Roil (Manager)
Sharyn Mudgway (Office Administrator)
David Beirne (Support Person - Property & Attendance Dues)
Greg Day (Support Person - Principals & BOTs)
Chris Patterson (Attendance Dues)
Pam Rastrick (Attendance Dues)
Diocesan Accounts
Linda Annals (Accountant)
Lesley Donovan (Wages; CDF Administrator)
Diocesan Fundraising
David Barraclough (Manager)
Greg Barry (Bishop's Appeal)
Pastoral Team
Peter Richardson (Manager)
Jamie Cox (Director - Diocesan Youth Ministry)
Greg Day (Catholic Character Manager)
Sr June Hickland rsj (Hauroto Mission)
Yvonne King (Staff Secretary)
Karen O'Reilly (Primary Schools' Adviser)
Cynthia Piper (Coordinator - Adult Education; Editor - Kete Korero; Social Justice)
Paul Shannon (Secondary Schools' Adviser)
Anna Tuffery (Coordinator - NCRS; Coordinator - Formation and leadership training)
REception
Marie Simeon
Janice Smulders
Tribunal
Fr Richard Laurenson
Shirley Page
Fr John Bergin
Mons. Bill Duggan
Fr Friedhelm Henning
Fr Philem Keane
Fr Richard Laurenson
Mons. Des McCarthy
Fr John Magill sss
Fr Aidan Mulholland
Fr David Mullins sm
Fr Max Murray
Fr Trevor Murray
Fr Jan Nielen mhm
Fr Frank O’Regan
Fr Kevin O’Sullivan
Fr Richard Pipe
Fr Brian Playfair
Fr Antony Timmerman mhm
Fr Bill Tuerlings mhm
STATISTICS
Number of Priests: 51 (as of 1 September 2010)
Priests in active ministry: 35
Number of Priest in retirement: 16
Number of diocesan Priests: 38
Number of Religious Priests: 13
Hamilton Deanery
Fr Paddy Keane
Lakes District Deanery
Fr Leonard Danvers
Pacific Moana Deanery
Fr Joe Stack
Adorers of the sacred heart of Jesus of Montmartre - Tyburn Nuns (OSB)
Ngakuru
Mother Angela osb
Mother Joanna osb
Mother Justin osb
Mother Christina osb
Mother Seraphim osb
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI)
Gisborne
Fr Seejo Thandiackal cmi
Hamilton
Fr Joseph Akkara cmi
Murupara
Br Vin Jury cfc
Br Trevor Gibbons cfc
Opotiki
Br Tony Sisson cfc
Br Arthur O'Kane cfc
Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (DOLC)
Tauranga
Sr Celine Martin dolc
Little Sisters of the Assumption (lsa)
Hamilton
Sr Marion Feeney lsa
Sr Leiola Fifita lsa
Sr Eleni Tapueluelu lsa
Ngaurawahia
Br Roger Dowling fms
Br Joseph McCarthy fms
Br Humphrey O'Connor fms
Rotorua
Sr Mary Dore sm
Sr Margaret Therese Kerins sm
Assisi Atawhai, Hamilton
Sr Jocelyn Wilson rsm
Sr Mary Paulinus Karl rsm
Edgecumbe
Sr Rosemary Revell rsm
Rotorua
Sr Agnes Browne rsm
Sr Monica Costello rsm
Te Awamutu
Sr Joy Danvers rsm
Hamilton
Fr Anselm Aherne mhm
Rotorua
Fr Anton Timmermans mhm
Opotiki
Sr Clothilde McDonnell csb
Sister Disciples of the Divine Master (pddm)
Hamilton
Sr Lydia Whitely pddm
Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (RSJ)
Hamilton
Sr June Hickland rsj
Sr rsj
Gisborne
Sr Joan Anderson rsj
Sr Marie Hogan rsj
Sr Michelle Hughey rsj
Mangakino
Sr Colleen Dempsey rsj
Sr Marie Therese Williams rsj
Rotorua
Sr Carina Cobb rsj
Te Awamutu
Sr Margaret Louisson rsj
Sr Angela McArthur rsj
Taumarunui
Sr Rita Cahill rsj
Whakatane
Sr Meg Hills rsj
Sr Colleen Storey rsj
Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (RNDM)
Cambridge
Sr Francesca Dempsey rndm
Sr Peggy O'Neill rndm
Sr Mary David Richards rndm
Hamilton
Sr Phillippa Reed rndm
Sr Colleen Morey rndm
Sr Carmel Horan rndm
Sr Margaret Mary Hunter rndm
Sr Raewyn Hogan rndm
Sr Ann Marie Jones rndm
Sr Marie Andre MacDonald rndm
Assisi Atawhai, Hamilton
Sr Rita Maree Hassan rndm
Sr Kathleen Carroll rndm
Saint Joan's Rest Home, Hamilton
Sr Mary Dionysia Rist rndm
Gisborne
Sr Cynthia Kearney rndm
Huntly
Sr Moyra Foster rndm
Morrinsville
Sr Barbara Cameron rndm
Sr Leone Markham rndm
Sr Sheila O'Toole rndm
Mount Maunganui
Sr Mary Edmund White rndm
Opotiki
Sr Mary Celine Deane rndm
Tauranga
Sr Mary Verena Watts rndm
Turangi
Sr Katarina Mariu rndm
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny (SJC)
Tauranga
Sr Basil Alcock sjc
Sr Emeli Marafono sjc
Sr Catherine Michael sjc
Sr Anne Therese Murray sjc
Sr Gabrielle O'Neill sjc
Sister of the Good Shepherd (rgs)
Taupo
Sr Aileen Marsh rgs
Ngakuru
Fr David Mullins sm
Taumarunui
Fr Peter Carde sm
Te Puna
Fr David Gledhill sm
Pā Hemi Hekiera sm
Appointments Committee
Mons. David Bennett
Mons. Michael Browne
Fr Leonard Danvers
Vocations Director
Fr Michael Gielen
Clergy Trust Fund
Mons. Michael Browne (Sec.)
Fr VInce Jones
Fr Paddy Keane (Chairman)
Fr Eamon Kennedy
Fr Darren McFarlane
Elsie Flay - Communio
Carole Fleming - Oases of Prayer
Fr Michael Gielen - Evangelisation
Deacon Sid Wells
Deacon Nick Bruce
Fr Graeme Alexander
Warren Barry
Fr Gerard Boyce
Mrs Miyoko Hammersley
Sr Carmel Horan rndm
Sr Anne Therese Murray sjc
Sr Jocelyn Wilson rsm
Fr Joachim Kim
Fr David Gledhill
Pā Hemi Hekiera
Sr Joy Danvers
Deacon Joe Haumaha
Greg Murphy
Deacon Viane Perez
Fr Joseph Martin
Sr Barbara Cameron rndm
Deacon Viane Perez
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