Bishop-elect Waikato.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 1 October 1926, Page 10

Bishop-elect Waikato.

Tie jfrey; 'M,'{ Ashliey-Browri, Chaplain with^British trojops, at Aden, ipabia, writes from DjibpuM, Firencii'. Somaliland, of a meeting he had with the Yen. Archdeacon Cherrington, Bishop^ Elett- o§ W;aikato: , ""■Travel--ling 1 on thejiCessageriea i Maritimes' snip 'Lecorete de Lisle' i met the bisTiopelect and his wife.^ Archdeacon Ch!erringtqn has beeir working m Mauritius with- Dr. Golding .Bird, who was forymerly Bishop -of Kajgoorlie. He tells me that his. election to the new di,ocese w;as the greatest- surprise of- "his life, - though he has always been ex- . trenEely interested m New Zealand and Meianesiafthrough family associations with ©ishop -Selwyn. I should imagine Archdeacon Cherring'ton will be very, successful as : a colonial bishop. 'He is very much a man among men ■and still- play-s a-gopd game of hockey. ? He tells- me that the touring which; is so -necessary a^part of a tishop^ work m Australia or New Zealand w^Jl be a delight to 'him, and I can rwell believe it, for he seems to have an -enorniQus fund of energy/ and though >not: a very big man he- gives one thfr impression of being unusually strong and healihy. As a successful chaplain during' the greater; part of -the fWar and for a couple ;of years 'afterwards he -is naturally somewhat : a man 's "padre, 'but when I pressed him to mention any flair he migfet -have m pastoral work he corifessiedtfiat any phase of it was eijually iritfe¥est-ihg^to^him.' Mrs ;Cherriiigtofl :■% "very ;T ihteJe§ted ' : in 'Mother's Union w^orkv T^e^isnop"elect is a very ) (Jefinite ?r Catthtflic 'churchman, -btit with' fefToving^tfri]a*er- : standing for those "who do-hbt- ! k"g^ee wifhliim dn "^ll pbfiitsi ; He^is vStfy-in-terested m retliiion 'and : htissiOiiary 'ehterpri^e; The caufee of etci v ical : tiraihing and edutfatibri -m 'N"ew^:Zealand will : havfe a strong and informed f mndy : fbr' ; '• Archdeacon ' ; Chef rinigfon iv*as for -sonic ! time -pfmcipal 1 -'-"6f '^he Hdhfield Tli-eblogical f Col%e 4M m- is a, keen^stub^iit'^f tHe'^tfestib'hv are a very^ Simple, ] un^eeted ; cpii^le, .andniunih loved : by all ciassfes. -■ There 1 Vefemairy 'people fi'bni Mauritius -on the ship and ' they ; all 'said^the'^ame %f them ■ "^-(" Church-Standard * «>.