Eric Austin Gowing

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Eric Austin Gowing (b 11 March 1913 - d 3 June 1981) was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose Episcopate spanned a long period during the second half of the 20th Century. Born in Sydney he was educated at North Sydney High School and the universities of Sydney and Oxford,^[1] before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Mary, Deane Stafford.^[2] After an incumbency at St Peter, Norbiton,^[3] he emigrated to New Zealand in 1950 where he was Vicar of Merivale and Archdeacon of Christchurch before elevation to the Episcopal See of Auckland in 1960. A quiet, gentle, genial person^[4] he was one of the last bishops to wear the traditional frock coat, hose and gaiters.^[5]

Religious titles
Preceded by William John Simkin	Bishop of Auckland, NZ 1960–1978	Succeeded by Paul Reeves

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v • d • e Anglican Bishops of Auckland, NZ George Augustus Selwyn • William Garden Cowie • Moore Richard Neligan • Owen Thomas Lloyd Crossley • Alfred Walter Averill • William John Simkin • Eric Austin Gowing • Paul Reeves • Bruce Carlyle Gilberd • John Campbell Paterson •

Persondata
NAME	Gowing, Eric Austin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Anglican Bishop of Auckland
DATE OF BIRTH	1913-03-11
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	1981-06-03
PLACE OF DEATH