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background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">7 June 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">13 February 2015<br />by <a href="/wiki/Denis_Browne_(bishop)" title="Denis Browne (bishop)">Denis Browne</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Stephen Marmion Lowe</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-08-03</span>) </span>3 August 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Hokitika" title="Hokitika">Hokitika</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealander" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealander">New Zealander</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic bishop">Roman Catholic bishop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Cleric</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_College_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Cross College (New Zealand)">Holy Cross Seminary, Mosgiel</a>, New Zealand<br /><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Gregorian_University" title="Pontifical Gregorian University">Pontifical Gregorian University</a>, Rome</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">The Lord is my Shepherd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen Lowe's signature"><img alt="Stephen Lowe's signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png/130px-Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png/195px-Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png/260px-Stephen_Lowe%27s_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="959" data-file-height="276" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #FFCF00 ;"> <span style="font-size:100%">Ordination history of</span><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">Stephen Lowe</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:100%; padding-left:2em; background-color:#eee"><span style="font-size:100%;">History</span></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#f2f2f2;"><div style="background:#f2f2f2; border-bottom: 3px solid #333; border-top: 3px solid #333">Priestly ordination</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">7 June 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a>, New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#f2f2f2;"><div style="background:#f2f2f2; border-bottom: 3px solid #800080; border-top: 3px solid #800080">Episcopal consecration</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal consecrator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Browne_(bishop)" title="Denis Browne (bishop)">Denis Browne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Co-consecrators</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(bishop)" title="Barry Jones (bishop)">Barry Jones</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Drennan" title="Charles Drennan">Charles Drennan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">13 February 2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Hamilton" title="Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton">Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton</a>, New Zealand</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: plum;"><span style="font-size:80%">Styles of</span><br /><b><span class="fn">Stephen Marmion Lowe</span></b></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg/440px-Coat_of_arms_of_Stephen_Lowe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Reference style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Most_Reverend" title="The Most Reverend">The Most Reverend</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Your_Excellency" class="mw-redirect" title="Your Excellency">Your Excellency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religious style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">Bishop</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen Marmion Lowe</b> (born 3 August 1962) is a New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Prelate" title="Prelate">prelate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>. On 18 December 2021, Pope Francis appointed him as the twelfth <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Auckland" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland">Bishop of Auckland</a>, succeeding Bishop <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dunn_(bishop)" title="Patrick Dunn (bishop)">Patrick Dunn</a>. From 2015 until his Auckland appointment, he was the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Hamilton,_New_Zealand" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand">Bishop of Hamilton</a>, New Zealand. <sup id="cite_ref-Lowe1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowe1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-conference_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conference-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowe_(bishop_of_Auckland)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lowe was born in <a href="/wiki/Hokitika" title="Hokitika">Hokitika</a>, the youngest child of Milly and Frank Lowe, with two older sisters Margaret and Dorothy. He was educated at Hokitika Primary School, then St Mary's Primary School, Hokitika. He undertook his secondary studies at <a href="/wiki/Westland_High_School,_Hokitika" title="Westland High School, Hokitika">Westland High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lowe_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following school he worked for the NZ Forest Service in Hokitika and Christchurch and the NZ Timberlands in Timaru. During this time he became involved in his local parish in Timaru North where he was involved in a young adults group and with youth in the parish. In 1989 he discerned the call to priesthood. He attended <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_College_(New_Zealand)#Holy_Cross_College_at_Mosgiel" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Cross College (New Zealand)">Holy Cross College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mosgiel" title="Mosgiel">Mosgiel</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/St._Charles_Borromeo_Seminary" title="St. Charles Borromeo Seminary">St Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a> (United States).<sup id="cite_ref-Lowe_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowe-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ordained_ministry">Ordained ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowe_(bishop_of_Auckland)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ordained ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lowe was ordained a priest on 7 June 1996, in Hokitika for the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Christchurch" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch">Diocese of Christchurch</a> and served as the assistant priest in <a href="/wiki/Mairehau" title="Mairehau">Mairehau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashburton,_New_Zealand" title="Ashburton, New Zealand">Ashburton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greymouth" title="Greymouth">Greymouth</a> parishes before being appointed parish priest of <a href="/wiki/Timaru" title="Timaru">Timaru North</a> and Chaplain of <a href="/wiki/Roncalli_College" title="Roncalli College">Roncalli College</a> in 2000. During the years 2005–2007 he completed a <a href="/wiki/Licenciate#Pontifical_Universities" class="mw-redirect" title="Licenciate">Licenciate in Spiritual Theology</a> in Rome at the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Gregorian_University" title="Pontifical Gregorian University">Pontifical Gregorian University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stuff_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuff-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hierarchy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hierarchy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2008 until October 2014, Lowe was the <a href="/wiki/Formation_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation (Catholic)">director of formation</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Seminary" title="Seminary">National Seminary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_College_(New_Zealand)#Move_to_Auckland" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Cross College (New Zealand)">Holy Cross College</a> in Ponsonby, Auckland. While based at the seminary in Auckland, he served, for a time, as Parish Priest of <a href="/wiki/Ponsonby,_New_Zealand" title="Ponsonby, New Zealand">Ponsonby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stuff_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuff-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episcopal_ministry_–_Hamilton"><span id="Episcopal_ministry_.E2.80.93_Hamilton"></span>Episcopal ministry – Hamilton</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowe_(bishop_of_Auckland)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episcopal ministry – Hamilton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 November 2014, Lowe was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> to replace <a href="/wiki/Denis_Browne_(bishop)" title="Denis Browne (bishop)">Denis Browne</a>, the 2nd Bishop of Hamiton, whose resignation was accepted on the same date. His <a href="/wiki/Consecration" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecration">consecration</a> as a bishop took place at the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary,_Hamilton" title="Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton">Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton</a>, on 13 February 2015. His principal <a href="/wiki/Consecrator" title="Consecrator">consecrator</a> was his predecessor, Denis Browne. The principal co-consecrators were <a href="/wiki/Barry_Jones_(bishop)" title="Barry Jones (bishop)">Bishop Barry Jones</a> of <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Drennan" title="Charles Drennan">Bishop Charles Drennan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hierarchy_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hierarchy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Lowe was the Vice President and Secretary of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, and the bishops’ representative on Te Rūnanga o te Hāhi Katorika ō Aotearoa, the Church’s national Māori advisory group. He was also a member of several other bodies including the National Safeguarding and Professional Standards Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-conference_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-conference-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishop_of_Auckland">Bishop of Auckland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowe_(bishop_of_Auckland)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bishop of Auckland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lowe was appointed as the twelfth <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Auckland" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland">Bishop of Auckland</a> on 17 December 2021, and installed on 19 February 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-Lowe1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lowe1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Lowe_(bishop_of_Auckland)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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