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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Ecclesiastical

Ecclesiastical.

The Ven. Archdeacon Dudley, noticed at page 215 as vicar of St. Sepulchre's, Auckland, died in April, 1901; and the Rev. Canon Calder, Vicar of All Saints, Ponsonby—see page 217 ante—was, during the same month, appointed as his successor in the archdeaconate.

The Rev. Joseph Bates sometime Vicar of Trinity Church, Devonport, Canon of the Cathedral, Auckland, and an examining chaplain to the Primate, was born near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1845. He arrived with his parents at Auckland in 1849, and was educated privately and at St. John's College, Tamaki. In 1869 he was ordained deacon at Napier by the late Bishop Williams (first Bishop of Waiapu), and appointed to the charge of the Lower Waikato district. Mr. Bates was ordained priest in the succeeding year by Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, and was appointed to the vicarate of Trinity in 1872. The new church, vicarage and Sunday school at Devonport were all erected during his incumbency. Canon Bates was a member of the Diocesan Standing Committee, a teacher in the Church of England Grammar School, Parnell, and a member of the council of the Auckland Institute and Board of Education. In consequence of ill-health, Canon Bates visited England in 1896, but returned near the end of the same year without material improvement, and died in 1897.

The late Rev. J. Bates.

The late Rev. J. Bates.

The Rev. Father Corcoran, referred to at page 227 as curate of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, was appointed, in February, 1901, to the parish at Puhoi, in succession to the Rev. Father Brodie, who has been stationed at Waihi.

The Rev. Father O'Carroll, whose biography is given on page 227 of this volume—where he is referred to as assistant curate at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland—was appointed to the parish at Kihikihi, in February, 1901, in succession to the Rev. Father Croke, who went in search of health to Barcoldine, Rockhampton, Queensland.

The Rev. A. H. Collins, referred to at page 236, has resigned the pastorate of the Ponsonby Baptist Church. He held the position for nearly nine years.