John Dew (bishop)

John Atcherley Dew ( born May 5, 1948 in Waipawa, New Zealand) is Archbishop of Wellington.

Life

John Dew Atcherley studied at Holy Name Seminary Seminary of Christ Church and philosophy at Holy Cross College, Catholic theology. He received on May 9, 1976, the sacrament of Holy Orders by Reginald Cardinal Delargey. Dew was a priest in the parish of St. Joseph in Upper Hutt (1976-1979) and the Diocese of Rarotonga ( 1980-1982 ). From 1983 to 1987 he was Archdiocesan Youth Ministry and also responsible for ook Islands Maori community. From 1988 to 1991 he taught at Holy Cross College in Mosgiel. after graduate studies in spirituality at the Institute of St. Anselm in the British Kent, he was from 1993 to 1995 the parish priest of St. Anne in Newtown.

On 1 April 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed auxiliary bishop in Wellington and Titular Bishop of Privata. He received his episcopal consecration Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams on 31 May of the same year. On 24 May 2004 John Atcherley Dew was appointed Koadjutorerzbischof of Wellington. Pope John Paul II elevated him on 21 March 2005 as Archbishop of Wellington. On 1 April 2005 Archbishop Dew was also appointed Military Bishop of New Zealand.

Dew is president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania ( FCBCO ).

Since the Archdiocese of Wellington is traditionally connected with the cardinal bishopric, Dew is considered contenders for the cardinalate.

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