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415: 345: 142: 460: 280: 1075: 24: 333:, London, on 17 March 1874. Redwood spent his time appealing for funds in France and personnel in Ireland before returning to New Zealand in November 1874. When consecrated second Bishop of Wellington, Redwood was the youngest Roman Catholic bishop in the world. At his death, aged 95, he was said to be the oldest. The overwhelming size of the Wellington diocese led to the decision to create a new diocese comprising 395:
During his episcopate, Redwood invited many religious orders into New Zealand, notable among these being the Sisters of Mercy, the Marist Brothers, the Little Company of Mary, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, the Sisters of St Brigid, the Sisters of the Mission, and the Sisters of St Joseph. He also
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be the new archdiocese. This would have strengthened the largely Irish diocesan clergy at the expense of the Marists, who successfully petitioned Rome to overturn both recommendations. In 1887, Grimes became bishop of Christchurch and Redwood archbishop of Wellington and metropolitan of New Zealand.
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for the New Zealand Church. His Statutes provided a pattern later followed by the Auckland and Dunedin dioceses. He convened and presided over the first Provincial (Ecclesiastical) Council of Wellington (1899), and played a prominent role in the first Plenary Council of Sydney (1885).
430:. He resolutely resisted pressure to support prohibition, and a pastoral letter of 1911 urging Catholics to vote against prohibition was widely believed to have been responsible for the defeat of the measure in that year. 241:, England, a known historical Catholic centre. His parents were Henry Redwood and his wife Mary (née Gilbert). In 1842, he sailed to New Zealand with his parents, siblings (including his brother 1120: 1115: 799: 396:
encouraged the foundation of the New Zealand order, the Sisters of Compassion. Redwood was also Provincial of the New Zealand Marists. He founded the Seminary in
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where he played an active part in its proceedings. He became the first life member of the Early Settlers' and Historical Society, Wellington.
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Redwood was educated at the Nelson school of Fr Antoine Garin, SM. In December 1854 he went to study at St Mary's College at St Chamond, near
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Redwood attached great importance to personal visitation. He established numerous churches, hospitals, and orphanages, was a founder of
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Redwood's concerns extended to all aspects of life. He agreed that alcohol was one of the evils of the day, but advocated
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At the same time a metropolitan archdiocese was created. Redwood favoured the appointment of his fellow Marist
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After three years of teaching at Catholic University School, Redwood suffered a near fatal bout of
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of Australasian bishops recommended that the appointment go to a diocesan priest and that
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Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000
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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts
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Cyclopedia Company Limited (1906). "Former Members of the House of Representatives".
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built in 1866. The house is registered as a Category I heritage building by
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Archbishop Redwood's Episcopal Golden Jubilee, Wellington, 24 February 1924
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God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand
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Redwood was created archbishop by a papal brief dated 13 May 1887.
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Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu.
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At the Diocesan Synod, in 1878, Redwood framed the practical
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For 26 years (1877–1903), he served on the Senate of the
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in 1931 in the Hutt Valley. He expanded and completed
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in 1867 and went to Lyon to convalesce. There he met
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Stafford Place, the home of Henry Redwood and family
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Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand
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