IN FIFTIETH YEAR.
DKAX ITITHHTT'S INCUMBENCY
(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) DUXEDIX, this day. Dean Fitchett. of All Saints' Church delivered his first sermon therp as vicar of the parish on the first Sunday in February, ls7!>. so that with yesterday's service lie entered upon the fiftieth year of his incumbency. Although he has resigned from the charge he is carrying on the work until the arrival of the new incumbent, who is expected to reach the Dominion about August.
No other clergyman in Dunedin now lias had such a term of active duty as nearly half a century. Dean Fitehctt's appointment dates from the \year in which the Kev. Rutherford Waddell. who retired recently, took charge at St. Andrew's.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 16
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118IN FIFTIETH YEAR. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 16
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