Awdry Julius
John Awdry Julius (1874-1956) was Dean of Christchurch from 1927 to 1940.
He was born in Norwich[1] and educated at Melbourne Grammar School, Christ's College, Christchurch and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1897[2] and priest in 1898.[3] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Kettering.[4] Emigrating to New Zealand he was: Vicar of Papanui, (1904β14); then Waimate, (1914β20); and Timaru, (1921β27). As well as his position as Dean he was Archdeacon of Timaru, (1922β27); Rangiora, (1928β34); and Christchurch, (1934β37).
He died on 18 July 1956.[5]
References
- β βJulius, Very Rev. John Awdryβ, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920β2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 November 2014
- β Ordinations The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 22 December 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393.
- β 'ECCLESIASTICAL' Nottinghamshire Guardian, Saturday, 24 December 1898; pg. 8; Issue 2796
- β Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 803: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- β The Very Rev. J. A. Julius. The Times (London, England), Friday, 20 July 1956; page 13; Issue 53588
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