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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">New Zealand Catholic cardinal (1930-2023)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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/><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of New Zealand">ONZ</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_Most_Venerable_Order_of_the_Hospital_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaplain of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem">ChStJ</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader role"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">Cardinal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Wellington" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington">Archbishop of Wellington</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Williams_ONZ_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Tom_Williams_ONZ_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Tom_Williams_ONZ_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Tom_Williams_ONZ_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="435" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Williams in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archdiocese</th><td class="infobox-data">Wellington</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointed</th><td class="infobox-data">30 October 1979</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Installed</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 1979</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Term ended</th><td class="infobox-data">21 March 2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Delargey" title="Reginald Delargey">Reginald Delargey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Dew_(cardinal)" title="John Dew (cardinal)">John Dew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous post(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Ordinary of the Military Ordinariate of New Zealand (1995–2005)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background-color:#DDDDDD;">Orders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ordination</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 1959<br />by <a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Pietro_Agagianian" title="Gregorio Pietro Agagianian">Gregorio Pietro Agagianian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consecration</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 1979<br />by <a href="/wiki/Owen_Snedden" title="Owen Snedden">Owen Snedden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created cardinal</th><td class="infobox-data">2 February 1983<br />by <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardinal-Priest</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"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-03-20</span>)</span>20 March 1930<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 December 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-12-22)</span> (aged 93)<br /><a href="/wiki/Waikanae" title="Waikanae">Waikanae</a>, New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">Unity in Christ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coat of arms</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas Williams's coat of arms"><img alt="Thomas Williams's coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="1211" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Stafford Williams</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of New Zealand">ONZ</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_Most_Venerable_Order_of_the_Hospital_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaplain of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem">ChStJ</a></span></span> (20 March 1930 – 22 December 2023) was a New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">cardinal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and the fifth <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Wellington" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington">Archbishop of Wellington</a> from 1979 to 2005. </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=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams was born in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand, and educated at Holy Cross Primary School, Seatoun; SS Peter and Paul School, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Hutt" title="Lower Hutt">Lower Hutt</a>; <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_College,_Wellington" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's College, Wellington">St. Patrick's College, Wellington</a>; and <a href="/wiki/St_Kevin%27s_College,_Oamaru" title="St Kevin's College, Oamaru">St Kevin's College, Oamaru</a>. He obtained a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Commerce" title="Bachelor of Commerce">Bachelor of Commerce</a> degree at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_University_of_Wellington" title="Victoria University of Wellington">Victoria University College</a>, and worked for some years as an accountant. During his studies, he was deeply involved in the Catholic Youth Movement (YCW) and for a period worked full-time for the movement. In 1954, he commenced studies for the priesthood at the National Seminary, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_College_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Cross College (New Zealand)">Holy Cross College, Mosgiel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>. In 1956 he was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_university" title="Pontifical university">Pontifical Urban University</a> in Rome, where he obtained a <a href="/wiki/Licentiate_of_Sacred_Theology" title="Licentiate of Sacred Theology">licentiate in theology</a> and was ordained a priest on 20 December 1959. Later he received a <a href="/wiki/Social_science" title="Social science">social sciences</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/University_College_Dublin" title="University College Dublin">University College Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_church_career">Early church career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early church career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Returning to Wellington, Williams served as assistant pastor and as Director of Studies at the Catholic Enquiry Centre. He left that post when he volunteered to serve as a missionary in <a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa">Samoa</a> (today the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Samoa-Apia" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia">Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia</a>), where he was parish priest for five years. He returned to New Zealand in 1963 and became parish priest at St. Patrick's in <a href="/wiki/Palmerston_North" title="Palmerston North">Palmerston North</a> for two years. This was followed by four years as Director of the Catholic Enquiry Centre in Wellington. In 1971 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Leulumoega" title="Leulumoega">Leulumoega</a>, Samoa and returned to New Zealand in 1976 to the Holy Family Parish in <a href="/wiki/Porirua" title="Porirua">Porirua</a> East.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He celebrated the 60th year of his ordination in December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archbishop_of_Wellington">Archbishop of Wellington</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Archbishop of Wellington"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams became Archbishop of Wellington on 20 December 1979 – his 20th anniversary of priestly ordination<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> – following the death of <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Cardinal_Delargey" class="mw-redirect" title="Reginald Cardinal Delargey">Reginald Cardinal Delargey</a>. His principal <a href="/wiki/Consecrator" title="Consecrator">consecrator</a> was <a href="/wiki/Owen_Snedden" title="Owen Snedden">Owen Snedden</a>, long-term Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington. Williams was created Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of <a href="/wiki/Ges%C3%B9_Divin_Maestro_alla_Pineta_Sacchetti" title="Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti">Jesus the Divine Teacher at Pineta Sacchetti</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> on 2 February 1983.<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> </p> <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: #ffa4a4;"><span style="font-size:80%">Styles of</span><br /><b><span class="fn">Thomas Williams</span></b></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg/400px-Coat_of_arms_of_Thomas_Stafford_Williams.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="1211" /></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">His Eminence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken style</th><td class="infobox-data">Your Eminence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Informal style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">See</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Wellington (<a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><p> He was additionally appointed <a href="/wiki/Military_Ordinariate_of_New_Zealand" title="Military Ordinariate of New Zealand">Military Ordinary</a> in 1995. He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of New Zealand">Member of the Order of New Zealand</a>, New Zealand's highest civilian honour, in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Birthday_Honours_(New_Zealand)" title="2000 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)">2000 Queen's Birthday Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<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><p>Williams campaigned strongly against the passage of the law allowing <a href="/wiki/Civil_unions_in_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil unions in New Zealand">civil unions in New Zealand</a> saying it would turn New Zealand into a "moral wasteland".<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> He also campaigned against the expansion of casinos.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conclave_and_retirement">Conclave and retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Conclave and retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Williams was one of the <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_electors_in_Papal_conclave,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005">cardinal electors</a> who participated in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave,_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal conclave, 2005">2005 papal conclave</a> that elected <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned as Archbishop of Wellington on 21 March 2005 having reached the age of 75 and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Dew_(cardinal)" title="John Dew (cardinal)">John Dew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In retirement, Williams lived at a retirement village in <a href="/wiki/Waikanae" title="Waikanae">Waikanae</a>. He died there on 22 December 2023, at the age of 93.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_works">Selected works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Selected works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>In his own words: a tribute to Cardinal Thomas Williams</i>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86469-476-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-86469-476-8">0-86469-476-8</a></li></ul> <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=Thomas_Williams_(cardinal)&action=edit&section=7" 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 .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55262/williams-thomas-stafford">"Williams, Thomas Stafford"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_News_Agency" title="Catholic News Agency">Catholic News Agency</a></i>. 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rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Kavanagh_(bishop)" title="John Kavanagh (bishop)">John Kavanagh</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Catholic_Bishops%27_Conference" title="New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference">President of the New Zealand Episcopal Conference</a> </b><br />1980–1988 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gaines" title="Edward Gaines">Edward Gaines</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Wright_(cardinal)" title="John Wright (cardinal)">John Wright</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ges%C3%B9_Divin_Maestro_alla_Pineta_Sacchetti" title="Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti">Cardinal Priest of Gesù Divin 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