Wiremu Panapa

Rt Rev. Wiremu Netana Panapa, CBE (1898 - 1970) was a New Zealand Anglican Suffragan Bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 7 June 1898,[2] educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1921. After curacies in the Diocese of Auckland he was its Māori Diocesan Missioner. During World War II he was a Chaplain to the New Zealand Forces. When peace returned he held incumbencies in Rotorua and Taupo [3] before being appointed Suffragan Bishop of Aotearoa in 1951. He retired in 1968 and died on 10 June 1970.

Notes

  1. 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
Religious titles
Preceded by
Frederick Augustus Bennett
Bishop of Aotearoa
19511968
Succeeded by
Manuhuia Augustus Bennett


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