Our Parishes

Parishes are where the Church is alive. Our parishes are the home of the Catholic community. They are vibrant communities of faith, action and of hope, where the gospel is proclaimed and celebrated everyday.

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Our parishes stretch from the Conway River in the north to the Waitaki River in the south and includes much of the West Coast of the South Island and the Chatham Islands

The first Catholic missionaries arrived to the Canterbury region in September 1840 with Bishop Pompallier and Father Tripe arrival to Akaroa on the schooner “Sancta Maria’.
When +Pompallier returned to the North Island, Fathers Comte and Tripe remained at Akaroa establishing a mission station there.

Our Parishes

Our parishes stretch from the Conway River in the north to the Waitaki River in the south and includes much of the West Coast of the South Island and the Chatham Islands

TE TAKIWĀ Ō TE PĪHOPA

THE REALM OF THE BISHOP

Our Parishes

Our parishes stretch from the Conway River in the north to the Waitaki River in the south and includes much of the West Coast of the South Island and the Chatham Islands

Christchurch

North Canterbury

Mid Canterbury

South Canterbury

West Coast

Other Mass Centres

TE TAKIWĀ Ō TE PĪHOPA

THE REALM OF THE BISHOP

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