Ralph Matthews
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He was educated at Napier Boys' High School and the University of Auckland, and was ordained in 1956.[3] He embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Hastings, New Zealand, after which he was Vicar of Waipukurau, then Taupō.[4] From 1976 to 1979 he was Archdeacon of Waiapu, before his consecration to the Episcopate as its Diocesan Bishop, which See he held until his untimely death.[5]
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- ↑ Diocesan website.
- ↑ Napier Cathedral website.
- ↑ Crockfords (London: Church House, 1975), Template:ISBN.
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Template:ISBN.
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