Effective 1 February 2008
Archbishop John Dew has announced further changes effective 1 February 2008:
Fr Gerard Burns
Vicar General
Parish Priest of Te Ngakau Tapu and Māori Apostolate
Fr James Lyons
PP, Sacred Heart Cathedral
within the Wellington West Pastoral Area
Fr Bruce England
PP, Ss Peter & Paul, Lower Hutt
Fr Seph Pijfers
Assistant, Ss Peter & Paul, Lower Hutt,
with some responsibility in the Hutt Valley Pastoral Area
Fr Raymond Soriano
PP, St Mary’s, Nelson
Fr Lou Leuthard
St Mary’s, Nelson (in residence)
Fr Michael McCabe
PP, St Patrick’s, Paraparaumu
Msgr John Carde
Assistant, St Patrick’s, Paraparaumu
Fr Patrick Bridgman
PP, St Joseph’s, Mt Victoria
Fr Maurice Carmody
PP, St Teresa’s, Karori
Fr Des Moosman
PP, St Pius X, Titahi Bay
Fr Michael Miers
PP, St Francis Xavier, Stokes Valley
Fr Michael O’Dea
PP, St Anthony’s, Seatoun
Fr David Dowling
St Mary’s, Blenheim
Fr Peter O’Connell
on sabbatical, 1 February to 1 July 2008
Seminarian, Matthew McCalman,
will be on pastoral placement at St Patrick’s, Paraparaumu
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