Jean-Baptiste Pompallier
Jean-Baptiste Pompallier | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Auckland | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Auckland |
| See | Auckland |
| Appointed | 3 July 1848 |
| Installed | 3 July 1848 |
| Term ended | 23 March 1869 |
| Predecessor | Himself as Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand |
| Successor | Thomas Croke |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Maronea (1836) |
| Previous posts | Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania (1836) Vicar Apostolic of New Zealand (1842) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 13 June 1829 by Jean-Gaston de Pins |
| Consecration | 30 June 1836 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste François Pompallier 11 December 1801 Lyon, France |
| Died | 21 December 1871 (aged 70) |
| Buried | St Mary's, Motuti, Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand |
Jean-Baptiste François Pompallier (11 December 1801 – 21 December 1871) was the first Catholic bishop in New Zealand and, with priests and brothers of the Marist order, he organised the Catholic Church throughout the country. He was born in Lyon, France. He arrived in New Zealand in 1838 as Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania, but made New Zealand the centre of his operations.
In 1848, he became the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland. He returned to France in 1868 and died in Puteaux, near Paris, on 21 December 1871, aged 70. His exhumed remains were returned to New Zealand in 2001, and they were re-interred under the altar at St Mary's, Motuti, in 2002. People can visit his remains.