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BISHOP AYEKILL ELECTED. (.BY TKLJCGRA.ru —pitES» ASSOCIATION.. DUNEDIN, Feb. 11. The Right Rev. Alfred Walter Averill, Bishop of Auckland, lias, by vote of the Anglican General Synod, been appointed Archbishop of New Zealand in succession to Archbishop Julius, whose resignation will take place on April 20. Bishop Averill was born in Stafford, England, and was ordained deacon in 1888 and priest in 1889 in the diocese of London. He held office as vicar of St. Michael’s, Christchurch, where he was consecrated Bishop of Waipu on January 16, 1910. He was transferred to Auckland in 1914. Bishop Averill holds the degree of M.A. and D.D. at Oxford University. The task of selecting the new Primate in succession to Archbishop Julius, who has resigned from that office. was fulfilled at this afternoon’s session of the Anglican General Synod.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 February 1925, Page 5
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138NEW PRIMATE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 February 1925, Page 5
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