Paul Martin | |
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Wellington | |
Archdiocese | Wellington |
Appointed | 1 January 2021 (coadjutor) |
Installed | 5 May 2023 |
Predecessor | John Dew |
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Ordination | 4 September 1993 |
Consecration | 3 March 2018 by John Dew |
Personal details | |
Born | Paul Gerard Martin 5 May 1967 Hastings, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
Profession | Cleric |
Alma mater | Marist Seminary, New Zealand Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome |
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Styles of Paul Gerard Martin | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace |
Religious style | Archbishop |
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]