Diocese of Dunedin


St John's Roslyn church (officially The Parish of St John the Evangelist) is part of the Diocese of Dunedin.

The Diocese of Dunedin covers the provinces of Otago and Southland in the lower South Island of New Zealand. It includes around thirty parishes as well as social service agencies in Dunedin and Invercargill, rest homes, a psycho-geriatric hospital, a girls’ school and a University hall of residence.

The Cathedral of the diocese is St. Paul’s, in Dunedin’s Octagon, and the Bishop is the Rev. Dr. Steven Benfield.

The Diocese's website can be found here.

Diocesan Office

1a Howden Street
PO Box 13170
Green Island
Dunedin, Otago 9052
New Zealand

Office Phone: 03 488 0820

The Diocesan office publishes an e-newsletter each week which has a good variety of Diocesan and wider Church/Community news. It also has a printable PDF version. If you would like to subscribe, please email Nicola, bishops.pa@calledsouth.org.nz