Paul Donoghue

Paul Donoghue SM (born 18 January 1949) is a retired bishop who was the sixth Bishop of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands from 2011 to 2024. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 April 2011.

Early life Donoghue was born in Te Puke. He received his secondary education at St Patrick's College, Silverstream. After studies at Mount St Mary's Seminary, Greenmeadows and a period as a Marist Brother, he was professed as a member of the Society of Mary on 7 January 1969 and ordained a priest by Bishop John Mackey at Frankton on 29 June 1975.

Career After ordination, Donoghue taught for some time at St Bede's College, Christchurch, before joining the Marist Oceania province. When he was appointed Bishop of Rarotonga he was the Provincial Superior of the Oceania province (2006–2011). Prior to being provincial he taught at Chanel College, Moamoa (1977–1981), Samoa, and was Marist novice master at the Marist Training Centre, Tutu, Taveuni Island (1985–1990), Fiji.