Priests in Retirement
Rev Msgr. David Bennett
Rev Paddy Keane
Rev Frank O’Regan
Rev Richard Pipe
Recently Deceased Priests
Rev Graeme Alexander RIP
Rev Msgr. Michael Browne RIP
Rev Nick Hoogeveen RIP
Rev Msgr. Des McCarthy RIP
Rev Brian Playfair RIP
In one sense, the deacon had long been absent from the collective consciousness of the Church's ministry; in another, deacons had never actually been absent. Deacons had simply become part of a transitional passage of formation leading to eventual and ultimate ordination as priests. With the Second Vatican Council, deacons again walked from the wings of history onto the stage of permanent ordained ministry in their own right.
On June 18, 1967, with the promulgation of the document Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem (The Sacred Order of the Diaconate"), Pope Paul VI implemented the decision of the Second Vatican Council to revive the order of deacons as a permanent ministry in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
By 1970 there were some one hundred Latin Rite deacons serving around the world and today there are over 30,000 deacons.
Diaconate Office
51 Grey Street Hamilton East
Ph: 07 856 6989
Director
Head of Deacons
Deacon Peter Richardson
Called to be a Deacon?
Contact the Diaconate office for more information.
Deacon Nick Bruce, Rotorua
Deacon Leon Finn, Cambridge
Deacon Tony Frogley, Frankton
Deacon Henk Gielen, Mount Maunganui
Deacon David Hotere, Cambridge
Deacon Ricky Kuka, Te Puna
Deacon John Limrick, Rotorua
Deacon Kerry Parker, Whangamata
Deacon Ben Pomare, Rotorua
Deacon Doug Rewi, Makatu
Deacon Peter Richardson, Fairfield
Deacon Joe Rogers, Rotorua
Deacon Michael Rolfe, Gisborne
Deacon Vincent Shaw, Mt Maunganui
Deacon Terri Sorenson, Whangamata
Deacon Peter Spiller, Cathedral
Deacon Carey Talauta, Tokoroa
Deacon Bill Wells, Frankton
Deacon Brian Whitlow, Otorohanga
Deacon Lou Zampese, Frankton