Ralph Matthews
The Rt Rev Ralph Vernon Mathews (3 April 1928 - 4 March 1983) was the 11th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu[1] whose brief Episcopate spanned a four-year period during the third quarter of the 20th century.[2]
He was educated at Napier Boys' High School and the University of Auckland and ordained in 1956.[3] He embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Hastings after which he was Vicar of Waipukurau then Taupo.[4] From 1976 to 1979 he was Archdeacon of Waiapu before his elevation to the Episcopate as its Diocesan Bishop.
Notes
- ↑ Diocesan web-site
- ↑ Napier Cathedral web-site
- ↑ Crockfords,(London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Waiapu 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Peter Geoffrey Atkins |
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