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Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (1809 – 1878)

By Annette Bulovic on April 2, 2013

Bishop George Augustus Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand. Born in 1809, George was well educated and starting his working life as a teacher at Eton College. In 1833 he was ordained as a deacon. In 1841, he was recommended for the appointment as Bishop of New Zealand. Consecrated on the 17th October …

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Bishop Henry James Chitty Harper (1804 – 1893)

By Annette Bulovic on March 19, 2013

Bishop Henry James Chitty Harper was the first Bishop of Canterbury. He started his religious career as the Chaplin of Eton and then was the Vicar of Stratfield Mortimer in Berkshire. It was there that he was approached by Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (who was the Bishop of New Zealand) who asked him to become …

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Bishop Selwyn Arrived To Welcome Settlers – 3rd January 1851

By Annette Bulovic on January 3, 1851

On 3rd January 1851, Bishop George Selwyn – the Anglican Bishop of New Zealand – sailed his ship, the ‘Undine’ into Lyttelton Harbour. He had traveled down from Auckland to welcome those who had arrived on the First Four Ships. Now in his tenth year as Bishop, he was no stranger to Canterbury. The naming …

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