Early Wellington
First Maori Bishop of New Zealand
First Maori Bishop of New Zealand.
The report of a special session of the General Synod of the Church of England, to consider the proposal of the creation of a Maori Diocese, may be seen in the “Evening Post,” December 2, 1925, and reproductions from photos of the Anglican Bishops Sprott, West-Watson, Sadlier, Sedgwick, Molyneux and Archbishop Averill are shown in the “Evening Post” of the 7th August, 1926.
The Right Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett was consecrated Bishop of page 394 Aotearoa (New Zealand) at St. John's Cathedral, Napier, by Archbishop A. W. Averill, on December 2, 1928. (“Auckland Weekly News,” December 6. 1928.)