Basil Meeking
{{Short description|New Zealand bishop (1929–2020)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| image = Bishop-Meeking.jpg
| name = Basil Meeking
| title = 7th Bishop of Christchurch
| birth_place = Ashburton, New Zealand
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|11|19|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|11|1929|11|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| appointed = 30 March 1987
| enthroned = 3 June 1987
| predecessor = Denis Hanrahan
| successor = John Cunneen
| ordination = 19 July 1953
| ordained_by = Edward Joyce
| consecration = 3 June 1987
| consecrated_by = Thomas Williams
| ended = 15 December 1995
}}
John Basil Meeking (19 November 1929 – 11 June 2020) was the seventh bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand from 1987 to 1995.
Career
Having been ordained as a priest in 1953,{{cite web |title=Bishop Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch, dies aged 90 |url=https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2020/06/11/bishop-basil-meeking-bishop-emeritus-of-christchurch-dies-aged-90/ |website=NZ Catholic Newspaper |accessdate=12 June 2020 |date=11 June 2020}} he was appointed as Bishop of Christchurch by Pope John Paul II on 30 March 1987 and resigned the see on 15 December 1995.[http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=1120 Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, Bishop Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch] (retrieved 28 January 2011) During this time, among other apostolic works, he served as the chaplain to Christchurch Hospital and represented the Catholic Church at the National Council of Churches.
From 1963 to 1966, he studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, following which he was appointed to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome, where he served for eighteen years.
Bishop Meeking died in Christchurch on 11 June 2020, aged 90, after what was reported as a "recent period of ill-health".{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300032716/former-christchurch-catholic-bishop-basil-meeking-dies |title=Former Christchurch Catholic bishop Basil Meeking dies |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=11 June 2020 |accessdate=11 June 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-basil-dd-meeking&pid=196331977 |title=Basil Meeking death notice |date=13 June 2020 |work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=13 June 2020}}
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmeeking.html Catholic Hierarchy website, "Bishop John Basil Meeking"] (retrieved 28 January 2011).
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Category:People educated at St Bede's College, Christchurch
Category:Holy Cross College, New Zealand alumni
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Zealand
Category:People from Ashburton, New Zealand
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Christchurch
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