What is Basil Meeking?
[[File:Bishop-Meeking.jpg|right|200px]] '''John Basil Meeking''' (19 November 1929 – 11 June 2020) was a New Zealand bishop. He was the 7th bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch|Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] from 1987 to 1995. Meeking was born in [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton]], New Zealand. He was made Bishop of [[Christchurch]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 30 March 1987 and resigned on 15 December 1995.<ref>[http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=1120 Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, Bishop Basil Meeking, Bishop Emeritus of Christchurch] (retrieved 28 January 2011)</ref> Meeking died in Christchurch on 11 June 2020, aged 90.<ref>{{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 |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meeking, Johnbasil}} [[Category:New Zealand people]] [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:1929 births]] {{bio-stub}}