It is with sadness we record the passing of our patron, Bishop Basil Meeking, Emeritus Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand. Bishop Meeking was a good and holy man who assisted the Traditional Latin Mass Movement in New Zealand and Australia and overseas. May he rest in peace. As reported in New Zealand Catholic today: Bishop Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, dies aged 90 June 11, 2020 / Michael Otto The Bishop of Christchurch, Bishop Paul Martin,SM, has announced today, 11 June 2020 the death of Bishop Emeritus Most Reverend Basil Meeking, DD. Bishop Meeking aged 90 passed away at Christchurch Hospital...
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Archives for Bishop Meeking
Holy Week Sermons – Bishop Basil Meeking
Holy Week Homilies of Bishop Basil Meeking
Bishop Basil Meeking’s homilies from Holy Week this year are now available as downloadable PDF’s on the website of : http://newmanparish.org/meekinghomilies.html
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Traditional Ordination of Br Jean-Marie, F.S.S.R., in Christchurch
His Lordship, Emeritus Bishop Basil Meeking, conferred the Sacrament of Holy Orders upon Br Jean Marie, F.S.S.R., on Saturday 11 April 2015, in the first Extraordinary Form priestly ordination in the South Island for many decades. Deo gratias!
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