Bishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Titular Bishop of Decoriana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Aug 1952		Born
1976	23.3	Solemn Vows	Member of Society of Mary
30 Apr 1977	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary
30 Jan 1988	35.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
30 Jan 1988	35.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Decoriana
19 Mar 1988	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Decoriana
12 Dec 2005	53.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

MicroData Summary
Max Takuira Matthew Mariu
Bishop Max Takuira Matthew Mariu S.M.
(born 12 Aug 1952, died 12 Dec 2005)
Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

Event Place
Birth Place Taumarunui

a priest for 28.6 years
a bishop for 17.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Russell Gaines †
Titular Bishop of Domnach Sechnaill
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Edward Russell Gaines †
Bishop of New Zealand, Military
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Thomas Stafford Cardinal Williams †
Archbishop of Wellington
Bishop Patelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †
Bishop of Tonga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Edward Russell Gaines † (1976)
Bishop of New Zealand, Military
Bishop John Mackey † (1974)
Bishop of Auckland
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Soane Lilo Foliaki, S.M. † (1994)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q6795000

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111, Number 9,805
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 118, Number 10,551
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)

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