Max Takuira Matthew Mariu was the Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand.
12 Facts About Max Mariu
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Max Mariu was the first Maori to be ordained a Catholic bishop.
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Max Mariu attended the Sisters of St Joseph convent school in Waihi Village and received his secondary education at Hato Paora College, Feilding.
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Max Mariu joined the Society of Mary and studied for the priesthood at Mt St Mary's Seminary, Greenmeadows.
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Max Mariu spent time at the Marist novitiate at Highden in 1972.
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Max Mariu was ordained to the priesthood on 30 April 1977 by Bishop Edward Gaines, Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland.
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Max Mariu did parish work in Napier and Whangarei and in Maori pastoral care at Pakipaki where he was superior of the Marist community.
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Max Mariu was the first Maori to be ordained a Catholic bishop.
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Max Mariu administered the Diocese until Bishop Browne, until then Bishop of Auckland, was installed as Bishop of Hamilton on 27 March 1995.
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Max Mariu was a biographer of Wiremu Te Awhitu SM, the first Maori to be ordained a Catholic priest.
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Max Mariu died in Auckland on 12 December 2005 at the age of 53, having suffered from coronary problems for some years, beginning when he was in training at Greenmeadows seminary.
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Max Mariu was taken to Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia at the request of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, then to Hamilton's Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where his body lay.