and was succeeded as the pastor of Mt St Mary by Father Antony Sumich FSSP. Death Meuli died in Auckland on 22 March 2019, aged 92 years. The well-attended requiem Mass was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Family, Te Atatū, on 27 March 2019 in Latin in the extraordinary form by Father Michael-Mary Sim FSSR (Rector-Major of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer) with Fr Antony Sumich as deacon and Fr Jeremy Palman as subdeacon. Antony Sumich preached the panegyric in which Meuli was described as a counter to the dissent which had followed the publication, in 1968, of Pope Paul VI's encyclical, Humanae Vitae. Amongst other personal details, mention was made of Meuli's love of classic cars - in Glen Eden he had possessed two Monaros and a Jaguar. Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland and Bishop Denis Brown, former Bishop of Auckland, were present at the funeral. Meuli was buried at Panmure Catholic Cemetery. See also Roman Catholicism in New Zealand Felix Donnelly - a near contemporary Auckland priest who had a completely different basis for dissent. Notes References Reid, Nicholas Evan (2000). The Bishop's Paper: A History of the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Auckland. CPC. External links Father Meuli website 1926 births 2019 deaths People from New Plymouth People from Auckland People educated at St Peter's College, Auckland People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland People educated at St Kevin's College, Oamaru New Zealand traditionalist Catholics University of Auckland alumni Traditionalist Catholic priests Holy Cross College, New Zealand alumni Pontifical Urban University alumni Pontifical Lateran University alumni Pontifical Gregorian University alumni New Zealand editors New Zealand magazine editors 20th-century New Zealand lawyers Editors of Catholic publications 20th-century New Zealand Roman Catholic priests 21st-century New Zealand Roman Catholic priests