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===New Zealand===<!-- A–Z Listing --> In 1849 [[Jean Baptiste Pompallier|Bishop Pompallier]] visited [[St Leo's Convent]] in [[Carlow]], Ireland, seeking sisters to emigrate; eight left from St Leo's, led by [[Mary Cecilia Maher|Mother Mary Cecilia]]. They travelled to New Zealand, learning [[Māori language|Māori]] along the way, establishing the Sisters of Mercy in [[Auckland]] as the first female religious community in New Zealand in 1850.<ref name="DNZB Maher">{{DNZB|last=Delany|first=Veronica|id=1m32|title=Mary Cecilia Maher|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sistersofmercy.org.nz/who-we-are/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=6 |title=Sisters of Mercy New Zealand | Auckland 1850 – A Voyage Made 'Only for God' |publisher=Sistersofmercy.org.nz |access-date=27 April 2014 |archive-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128225906/http://sistersofmercy.org.nz/who-we-are/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Carmel College, Auckland|Carmel College]], [[Milford, New Zealand|Milford]], Auckland * Holy Cross School, [[Papatoetoe]], Auckland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcsp.school.nz/ |title=Holy Cross School Papatoetoe |publisher=Hcsp.school.nz |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> * [[Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin#Moreau College (1976–1989)|Moreau College, Dunedin]] * [[McAuley High School, Auckland|McAuley High School]], [[Ōtāhuhu]], Auckland * Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Epsom, Auckland * Pompallier Catholic School, Kaitaia * [[Sacred Heart Cathedral School, Thorndon]], Wellington * [[St Bernard's School, Wellington]] * [[St Catherine's College, Wellington]] * St Josephs School, Takapuna, Auckland * [[St Mary's College, Auckland]] * [[Marian College, Christchurch|St Mary's College, Christchurch]] * [[St Mary's College, Wellington]] * St Mary's School, Avondale, Auckland * St Mary's in the City Primary School, Christchurch * St Mary's Primary School, Gore * St Michael's School, Rotorua * [[St Peter's College, Gore]] * [[Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin#St Philomena's College (1897–1976)|St Philomena's College, Dunedin]] * [[Villa Maria College, Christchurch]] }}
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