BISHOPRIC OF WAIAPU.
ARCHDEACON AVER ILL ACCEPTS ’-ELECTION. TPkr Prkss Association.l CHRISTCHURCH; Sept. 23. The Veil. Archdeacon Avert!!, vicar or St. Michael’s, has- accepted election to the Bishopric of Waiapu. The consecration of the Bishop-elect will probably take place in Napier in January, as the General Synod meets in Wellington about the end of that month, and the new dignitary will be able to take his seat with the other Bishops. The StandmgCommittees in the differentdioceses in New Zealand are still to give their consent to the election, but this may be regarded as a matter of form. Archdeacon Averill will not take his departure front Christchurch before the New Year. NAPIER, Sept, 23. At a special meeting of the Waiapu Anglican Synod to-day. a letter was received from Archdeacon Averill. of Christchurch, accepting the call to the bishopric.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2615, 24 September 1909, Page 4
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139BISHOPRIC OF WAIAPU. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2615, 24 September 1909, Page 4
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