Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Wellington Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vellingtonensis Atirikonatanga o Poneke
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington circa 1910
Location
Country	New Zealand
Territory	Southern North Island and Northern South Island
Statistics
Area	13,831 sq mi (35,820 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 654,000 82,820 (12.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 May 1887
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of Saint Mary His Mother
Patron saint	Sacred Heart and Our Lady
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Paul Martin
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Martin
Bishops emeritus	John Dew
Website
Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vellingtonensis) is the metropolitan archdiocese of New Zealand. Catholics number about 83,214 (2006 census). Parishes number 22 and the archdiocese extends over central New Zealand between Levin and Masterton in the north to Kaikoura to Westport in the south.^[1]

The suffragan sees are:

• Auckland
• Christchurch
• Dunedin
• Hamilton, New Zealand
• Palmerston North