Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin, S.M.

Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

Bishop of New Zealand, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1967		Born
1985²	17.6	Entered	Member of Society of Mary
7 Jan 1988	20.6	Perpetual Vows	Member of Society of Mary
15 Nov 1992	25.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Society of Mary
4 Sep 1993	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
5 Dec 2017	50.5	Appointed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
3 Mar 2018	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
4 Mar 2018	50.8	Installed	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
1 Jan 2021	53.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
1 Jan 2021	53.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch, New Zealand
9 Jul 2022	55.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Christchurch, New Zealand
5 May 2023	56.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
27 May 2023	56.0	Appointed	Bishop of New Zealand, Military

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Paul Gerard Martin
(WikiData: Q44694092)
Archbishop Paul Gerard Martin S.M. (born 5 May 1967) Archbishop of Wellington

Ad Limina - October 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Hastings, Archdiocese of Wellington
Ordained Bishop Auditorium, Christchurch High, College, Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Wellington.

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Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Denis George Browne
Bishop of Auckland
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Peter James Cullinane
Bishop of Palmerston North
Principal Consecrator:
John Atcherley Cardinal Dew
Archbishop of Wellington
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Basil Meeking †
Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch
Bishop Charles Edward Drennan
Bishop of Palmerston North

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

John Atcherley Cardinal Dew (1995)
Archbishop of Wellington
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams † (1979)
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Owen Noel Snedden † (1962)
Titular Bishop of Achelous
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Archbishop of Wellington
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Hastings, Archdiocese of Wellington
Ordained Bishop	Auditorium, Christchurch High, College, Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 5 Dec 2017
c2: CB, 26 Jan 2018
c34: CB, 2 Mar 2018
i: CB, 4 Mar 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,684
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jan 2021
s: Bollettino, 5 May 2023
ab: Bollettino, 27 May 2023

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