WelCom February 2023
Cardinal John Dew has announced the following clergy appointments for 2023 for the Archdiocese of Wellington, effective from 1 February 2023.
| Te Awakairangi – Lower Hutt, Avalon, Naenae | Fr Alfred Tong – assistant priest |
| Catholic Parish of Wellington South – Island Bay, Newtown, Brooklyn | Fr Michael Bellizzi – assistant priest, first six months |
| Our Lady of the Bays – Motueka, Richmond, Takaka, Wakefield, Waimea | Fr Cirilo Barlis – assistant priest |
| Our Lady of the Bays | Fr Michael Bellizzi – while Fr Seph Pijfers on sabbatical, second six months |
| St Joseph Parish Upper Hutt | Seminarian Kinh Nguyen – pastoral placement |
| Fr John Pettit – after serving the archdiocese for the last four years Fr John Pettit is moving to Australia to be closer to family. Cardinal John thanked Fr John for his committed service to the archdiocese and to the people of the parish of Sacred Heart, Reefton. |
| Fr Paul Finlayson ssc – Fr Paul asked to be transferred to the Diocese of Palmerston North to be closer to his family from 2023. He left Our Lady of the Bays parish in January to take a position in the parish St Joseph Dannevirke and St Brigid Pahiatua. Cardinal John thanked Fr Paul for all he has done for the archdiocese and wished him well in his new parish. |
| Seminarians – The Archdiocese will have four seminarians at various stages of formation in 2023. Please keep them in your prayers; Matthew White, Kinh Nguyen, Emilio Capin and Gerson Badayos. |
See also Clergy appointments 2023, Diocese of Palmerston North.