Paul Martin (archbishop)


Paul Martin

Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington
Martin in 2024
ArchdioceseWellington
Appointed1 January 2021 (coadjutor)
Installed5 May 2023
PredecessorJohn Dew
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination4 September 1993
Consecration3 March 2018
by John Dew
Personal details
Born
Paul Gerard Martin

(1967-05-05) 5 May 1967 (age 57)
Hastings, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
OccupationRoman Catholic bishop
ProfessionCleric
Alma materMarist Seminary, New Zealand
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome
Coat of armsPaul Martin's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Paul Martin
History
Priestly ordination
Date4 September 1993
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byJohn Dew
Date3 March 2018
Styles of
Paul Gerard Martin
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

Paul Gerard Martin S.M. (born 5 May 1967) is a New Zealand prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as the seventh Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington and eighth ordinary of the see of Wellington, since 4 May 2023 (having served as coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington from January 2021 until he succeeded to the see). From March 2018 until January 2021, he was the tenth Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand and its Apostolic Administrator from January 2021 until May 2022.[1]

  1. ^ "Archbishop Paul Martin S.M." Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. Retrieved 28 August 2021.