ANGLICAN PRIMATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 251, 22 October 1924, Page 8

ANGLICAN PRIMATE.

BISHOP JULIUS RETIRING. PLACE FOR YOUNGER MAN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRI'STCHURCH, Tuesday. In an address to the Diocesan Synod this evening Archbishop Julius, who was consecrated liUhop of Christchurch in ISnO, said: — "Perliups the resignation of ofiicc when the infirmities of old age become manifest, and 'before they begin to affect the life and well-being of the Church, is not the least of the services we can render to our Master. With this strong conviction, and with a growing fear of injury to my people. I have this day informed the senior bishop of the province of my intention to resign the Primacy on the last day of the General Synod in February next, and my office as Bishop of Christchurch on ApriL 20. This will allow mc to preside once more at a session of the General Synod without delaying the appointment of my successor in the Primacy for another three years, and will also give mc the privilege and joy of serving as your 'bishop until after Easter. You will understand that in taking this stop I feel more than I am able or willing to express. It is better to be silent. I am now 77 years of a.ae. By date of coaiseeration aflmost the o-Idest iMshop in the Anglican Communion. It is full time that I should give place to a younger man."