Peter Cullinane

{{short description|21st-century Catholic bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Peter Cullinane | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}} | title = Emeritus Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North | image = | caption = | province = Wellington | diocese = Palmerston North | see = | predecessor = Diocese established | successor = Charles Drennan | ordination = 23 December 1961 (Priest) in Genoa | consecration = 23 April 1980 (Bishop)<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcull.html |title=Bishop Peter Cullinane |date=23 April 1980 |work=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church }}</ref> | cardinal = | rank = | other_post = | birth_name = Peter James Cullinane | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|11|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dannevirke, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = New Zealander | religion = Roman Catholic Church | residence = Palmerston North | parents = | spouse = | children = | motto = | occupation = Emeritus Roman Catholic bishop | profession = Cleric | alma_mater = | signature = | term_start = 23 April 1980 | term_end = 22 February 2012 }} '''Peter James Cullinane''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (born 29 November 1936<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcull.html|title=Bishop Peter James Cullinane [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref>), is a New Zealand bishop who served as the first Catholic bishop of Palmerston North.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://pndiocese.org.nz/bishop/bishoppeter/|title=Bishop Peter Cullinane {{!}} Diocese of Palmerston North|website=pndiocese.org.nz|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He was appointed as Bishop of Palmerston North by Pope John Paul II on 6 March 1980 and was consecrated on 23 April 1980.<ref name=":0" /> He established the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (built in 1925, rededicated in 1980, renovated and added to in 1988) as his seat of operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stpats.org.nz/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308215116/http://stpats.org.nz/history/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-08|title=History – St Pat's Parish, Palmerston North|date=2016-03-08|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> He retired on 22 February 2012.<ref name=":0" /> Cullinane College was named after him.

In 1990, Cullinane was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.<ref name="HBTQ">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=113}}</ref> In the 2006 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the community.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2006 | title=New Year honours list 2006 |date=31 December 2005 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{wikiquote}} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcull.html Catholic Hierarchy website, ''Bishop Peter James Cullinane''] (retrieved 23 February 2012).

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