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'''St Mary's Seminary''' was established in 1850 by New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, [[Jean Baptiste Pompallier|Jean Baptiste François Pompallier]].<ref name="GSC">[http://www.gsc.ac.nz/intro-history.htm Good Shepherd College website, ''Our History''] (retrieved 06 December 2011)</ref> From his arrival in 1838, Pompallier had worked energetically to train priests locally for his new mission.<ref name="GSC"/> In April 1850 he returned from a trip to Europe with ten<ref name="King">Michael King, ''God's Farthest Outpost: A History Of Catholics In New Zealand'', Penguin Books, Auckland, 1967, p. 73.</ref> [[seminarians]] and established a [[seminary]] in Auckland to complete their formation. The seminary which which he named "St Mary's College", had his [[Vicar General]], Fr Louis Rozet [[Society of Mary (Marists)|SM]], as its first Rector. It was first established on the [[North Shore City|North Shore of Auckland]] but was moved across the [[Waitemata Harbour]] to [[Ponsonby, New Zealand|Ponsonby]] in 1852.<ref name="King"/> The Seminary survived for nineteen years, until Bishop Pompallier retired and left New Zealand in 1869. St Mary's Seminary educated at least twenty-four priests<ref name="GSC"/> all of them European and some of them already part-trained in Ireland or France.<ref name="King"/>. The college also educated many Maori catechists some of whom were encouraged to stay on for training for the priesthood.<ref name="King"/> One, Keremeti Pine from [[Okaihau]], was even sent to Rome where for three years, among [[seminarian]]s from Africa and Asia, he spoke Latin and passable Italian.<ref name="GSC"/> However, no Maori candidate for the priesthood was ordained at this time.<ref name="GSC"/> But, the Maori catechists proved to be the backbone of the Maori church during the remaining decades of the 19th century.<ref name="GSC"/> |
'''St Mary's Seminary''' was established in 1850 by New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, [[Jean Baptiste Pompallier|Jean Baptiste François Pompallier]].<ref name="GSC">[http://www.gsc.ac.nz/intro-history.htm Good Shepherd College website, ''Our History''] (retrieved 06 December 2011)</ref> From his arrival in 1838, Pompallier had worked energetically to train priests locally for his new mission.<ref name="GSC"/> In April 1850 he returned from a trip to Europe with ten<ref name="King">Michael King, ''God's Farthest Outpost: A History Of Catholics In New Zealand'', Penguin Books, Auckland, 1967, p. 73.</ref> [[seminarians]] and established a [[seminary]] in Auckland to complete their formation. The completion of the training of the new seminarians was carried out quickly so that within five weeks all but one of them were ordained.<ref name="King"/> The seminary which which he named "St Mary's College", had his [[Vicar General]], Fr Louis Rozet [[Society of Mary (Marists)|SM]], as its first Rector. It was first established on the [[North Shore City|North Shore of Auckland]] but was moved across the [[Waitemata Harbour]] to [[Ponsonby, New Zealand|Ponsonby]] in 1852.<ref name="King"/> The Seminary survived for nineteen years, until Bishop Pompallier retired and left New Zealand in 1869. St Mary's Seminary educated at least twenty-four priests<ref name="GSC"/> all of them European and some of them already part-trained in Ireland or France.<ref name="King"/>. The college also educated many Maori catechists some of whom were encouraged to stay on for training for the priesthood.<ref name="King"/> One, Keremeti Pine from [[Okaihau]], was even sent to Rome where for three years, among [[seminarian]]s from Africa and Asia, he spoke Latin and passable Italian.<ref name="GSC"/> However, no Maori candidate for the priesthood was ordained at this time.<ref name="GSC"/> But, the Maori catechists proved to be the backbone of the Maori church during the remaining decades of the 19th century.<ref name="GSC"/> |
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St Mary's Seminary was established in 1850 by New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, Jean Baptiste François Pompallier.[1] From his arrival in 1838, Pompallier had worked energetically to train priests locally for his new mission.[1] In April 1850 he returned from a trip to Europe with ten[2] seminarians and established a seminary in Auckland to complete their formation. The completion of the training of the new seminarians was carried out quickly so that within five weeks all but one of them were ordained.[2] The seminary which which he named "St Mary's College", had his Vicar General, Fr Louis Rozet SM, as its first Rector. It was first established on the North Shore of Auckland but was moved across the Waitemata Harbour to Ponsonby in 1852.[2] The Seminary survived for nineteen years, until Bishop Pompallier retired and left New Zealand in 1869. St Mary's Seminary educated at least twenty-four priests[1] all of them European and some of them already part-trained in Ireland or France.[2]. The college also educated many Maori catechists some of whom were encouraged to stay on for training for the priesthood.[2] One, Keremeti Pine from Okaihau, was even sent to Rome where for three years, among seminarians from Africa and Asia, he spoke Latin and passable Italian.[1] However, no Maori candidate for the priesthood was ordained at this time.[1] But, the Maori catechists proved to be the backbone of the Maori church during the remaining decades of the 19th century.[1]
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