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At the conclusion of a Mass of ordination in Rotorua on November 25, Bishop Stephen Lowe presented the new priest to the congregation.“Fr Jonathan Kilkelly, priest of Verbum Spei, priest of the Church of Jesus Christ,” Bishop Lowe said.
Bishop Richard Laurenson was ordained as the fourth Bishop of Hamilton in a solemn and dignified liturgy at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the evening of December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Since its inception in 1973, the Auckland Diocesan Pastoral Council has been a “spectacular success”, in the opinion of a lay Catholic who was involved with it for 43 years.
Bishop-elect Richard Laurenson said he is praying that he does not disappoint the Lord as he confessed moving between " peace and terror" after accepting his new role as bishop.