The Rt Rev Ralph Vernon Mathews (3 April 1928 - 4 March 1983) was the 11th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu[1] whose brief Episcopate spanned a four-year period during the third quarter of the 20th century.[2]
He was educated at Napier Boys' High School and the University of Auckland and ordained in 1956.[3] He embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Hastings after which he was Vicar of Waipukurau then Taupo.[4] From 1976 to 1979 he was Archdeacon of Waiapu before his elevation to the Episcopate as its Diocesan Bishop.
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| Preceded by Paul Reeves |
Bishop of Waiapu 1979–1983 |
Succeeded by Peter Geoffrey Atkins |
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