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St Benedict's Church

Auckland Region, NZ

St Benedict's Church

St Benedict's Church is a historic neo-Gothic Catholic church in Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, the church complex includes a Presbytery and a former convent — at one point the complex included a school and club rooms but these have since been demolished. Constructed in the 1880s, the site housed th

e first Benedictine mission in New Zealand and later the Sisters of St Joseph for almost a century. The church is registered as a category 1 building with Heritage New Zealand.

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