Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland

Auckland became a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington in 1887.

As of 2021[update], almost 40 per cent of New Zealand’s 471,000 Catholics lived within the diocese of Auckland.

Browne was appointed Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand in 1994.

[4] Current mission leader (since August 2024) is rev.

Danko Bizjak, priest of the Sisak Diocese.