ARCHBISHOP JULIUS
87TH BIRTHDAY LONG RECORD Ob' SERVICE | 'Still on,joying remarkably good health atul full of mental vigor, Arch-' bishop Julius, of Christchurch, celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday yesterday. His career in the ministry of the Church extends over a .period of (i;i years, for he was ordained deacon in IS7I and priest in 1872. After . serving for a period as Archdeacon ’ of Ballarat, he was consecrated Bishop of Christchurch in 1890. In 1922 lie became the first Archbishop of New Zealand. T)r. Julius has filled a prominent and unique place in the life of Christchureh for as long as most of its citizens can remember. His characteristic and shrewd observations upon life and: affairs are often of such point and jn-l . forest that they are repeated through-! out tho press of the Dominion. Ho retired from .the archbishopric in 1 and after spending two years in Eng- > ' land, returned to his home in the Cnsh--1 mere Kills, where a well-equipped mechanical workshop .affords him much outlet for his activities.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18529, 16 October 1934, Page 11
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