# Peter Cullinane

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{{short description|21st-century Catholic bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
| name = Peter Cullinane
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}}
| title = [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) [Bishop](/source/Bishop) of the [Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Palmerston_North)
| image = 
| caption = 
| province = Wellington
| diocese = [Palmerston North](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Palmerston_North)
| see = 
| predecessor = Diocese established
| successor = [Charles Drennan](/source/Charles_Drennan)
| ordination = 23 December 1961 ([Priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church))) in [Genoa](/source/Genoa)
| consecration = 23 April 1980 ([Bishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)))<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](/source/Dannevirke), New Zealand
| death_date = 
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| buried = 
| nationality = [New Zealander](/source/New_Zealander)
| religion = [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)
| residence = Palmerston North
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| spouse = 
| children = 
| motto = 
| occupation = [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) [Roman Catholic bishop](/source/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](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_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](/source/Palmerston_North) by [Pope John Paul II](/source/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](/source/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Spirit%2C_Palmerston_North) (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](/source/Cullinane_College) was named after him.

In 1990, Cullinane was awarded the [New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal](/source/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](/source/2006_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), he was appointed a [Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit](/source/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==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcull.html Catholic Hierarchy website, ''Bishop Peter James Cullinane''] (retrieved 23 February 2012).

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