Diocese of Palmerston North – priestly appointments 2023

Fr Craig Butler, Local Administrator for the Diocese of Palmerston North, announced the following appointments and moves in January for 2023. 

WelCom February 2023

Fr Craig Butler, Local Administrator for the Diocese of Palmerston North, announced the following appointments and moves in January for 2023. 

Central Taranaki
Immaculate Conception, Stratford
St Patrick, Kaponga 
St Joseph, Eltham
Fr Alan Roberts, parish priest – on loan from the Archdiocese of Wellington
South Taranaki
Hoani Papita, Normanby 
Sacred Heart, Manaia 
St Joseph, Hawera 
St Patrick, Patea 
St Francis De Sales, Waverley 
Fr Vince Onesi, parish priest
– from Pahiatua
Whanganui
St Mary, Whanganui 
Holy Family, Whanganui 
St Anne, Whanganui 
Hāto Hohepa Jerusalem 
Te Rongo o Te Poi, Whanganui 
Rānana, Whanganui River 
Fr Craig Butler, parish priest
– from Hawera;
Palmerston North
St Mary, Palmerston North
St Brigid, Feilding 
Hāto Petera Paora, Kauwhata   
Hāto Hohepa, Halcombe 
Hāto Hohepa, Rata 
Fr Ambrose Maliakkal ic Rosminian, administrator
– on loan from Indian province
Tararua
St Brigid, Pahiatua 
St Joseph, Dannevirke 
St Columbkille, Woodville 
Sacred Heart, Eketahuna 
Fr Marcus Francis, parish priest – from Hastings
Hastings
Sacred Heart, Hastings 
St Peter Chanel, Hastings 
Our Lady Lourdes, Havelock Nth 
Immaculate Conception, Paki Paki 
Fr Paul Finlayson Columban Missionary, parish priest
– from Motueka

See also Clergy appointments 2023, Diocese of Wellington.