Ntra. Ms. de la Asunción de Onehunga (Auckland)
In the Onehunga district of Auckland, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption rose between 1887 and 1889 in a neo-Gothic style. In March 1889, Bishop John Edmund Luck was a most highly protected monument in New Zealand and remains a living parish of the diocese of Auckland.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- New Gothic Temple of 1887-1889, work of the study Edward Mahoney and children, with features of early English Gothic: very pending cover and lancet windows.
- It was consecrated in March 1889 by Bishop John Edmund Luck, whose body rests on the crypt of the church itself.
- It is protected as a Category 1 monument, the highest range of New Zealand heritage.
- The Catholic presence of the place is before the temple: next to it was dedicated a Catholic cemetery in 1848 and in 1851 a first wooden iglesite was raised; today the parish celebrates masses also in Samoan and Tongano.
Assumption of Onehunga (Auckland)
The Assumption of Onehunga is one of the historical Marian temples of Auckland: a living parish where Maori, European, Samoan and Tongan faithful live together under the mantle of the Virgin raised to heaven.
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