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The Archbishops & Primates of New Zealand.

Name

Title

Tenure

George Augustus Selwyn. Bishop of New Zealand Metropolitan (1858) 1841 - 1869
Henry John Chitty Harper. First Primate of N.Z. Bishop of Christchurch Primate of New Zealand 1856 - 1890 1867 - 1890
Octavius Hadfield Bishop of Wellington Archbishop of New Zealand 1870 - 1893 1890 - 1893
Dr William Garden Cowie Bishop of Auckland Primate of New Zealand 1869 - 1902 1893 - 1902
Churchill Julius. First Archbishop of N.Z. Bishop of Christchurch Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1890 - 1925 1902 - 1925
Dr Walter Alfred Averill Bishop of Auckland Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1914 - 1940 1925 - 1940
Dr Campbell West-Watson Bishop of Christchurch Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1926 - 1951 1940 - 1952
Dr Reginald Herbert Owen Bishop of Wellington Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1947 - 1960 1952 - 1961
Dr Norman Alfred Lesser Bishop of Waiapu Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1947 - 1971 1961 - 1971
Dr Allen Howard Johnston Bishop of Waikato Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1969 - 1980 1972 - 1980
Sir Paul Alfred Reeves Bishop of Auckland Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1979 - 1985 1980 - 1985
Brian Newton Davis. Last Archbishop. Bishop of Waikato Bishop of Wellington Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand 1980 - 1986 1986 - 1997 1985 - 1997
John Campbell Paterson Bishop of Auckland Primate of New Zealand; Presiding Bishop

1994 -        1998 -       

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