Alfred Walter Averill

Alfred Walter Averill

Alfred Walter Averill (b 7 October 1865 - d 6 July 1957) was the 5th Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose Episcopate spanned a 25 year period during the first half of the 20th century [The Times, Monday, Jul 08, 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53887; col G "Most Rev. A. W. Averill Late Primate Of New Zealand"] . Born in Staffordshire he was educated at King Edward VI School, Stafford and St John's College, Oxford [ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St George's Hanover Square [The Times, Tuesday, Dec 25, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32578; col C Newly appointed Deacons in London] . Emigrating to New Zealand in 1894 he was successively Vicar of "St Michael’s and All Angels" [ [http://churchandschool.org/ Church web-site] ] in Christchurch and Archdeacon of Akaroa before elevation to the See of Waiapu in 1910. Translated to Auckland four years later he was further promoted to be Archbishop of New Zealand in 1925.

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