John Holland (bishop)

John Tristram Holland CBE (31 January 1912 – 9 October 1990) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand in the 20th century.[1][2]

Holland was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father being St Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington and then Dean of Norwich.

John was educated at Durham School and University College, Oxford.[3] Having trained at Westcott House, Cambridge, he was ordained deacon in 1935 and priest in 1936,[4] he was a curate at St Peter's Huddersfield.[5] Following his father's appointment as Bishop of Wellington in 1936, he then moved to New Zealand and held incumbencies at Featherston,[6] Upper Riccarton and New Plymouth before being appointed the Bishop of Waikato in 1951, a position he held for 18 years. He was consecrated a bishop on 1 May 1951.[7] In 1969 he was translated to the Diocese of Polynesia.[8] He retired in February 1975,[9] and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.[10]

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1. ^ University of Auckland website. Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Ohinemuri Regional History website. Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
5. ^ "Photo of church". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
6. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Oct 10, 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48432; col A
7. ^ "The Living Church". 1951.
8. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link‍]
9. ^ [1] p. 6
10. ^ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7406.

Religious titles

Preceded by

Cecil Cherrington

|  Bishop of Waikato
1951-1968  | Succeeded by

Allen Johnston

Preceded by

John Vockler

|  Bishop of Polynesia
1969-1975  | Succeeded by

Jabez Bryce

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Bishops of Waikato and of Taranaki

Waikato (sole diocesan)|

* Cecil Cherrington
* John Holland
* Allen Johnston
* Brian Davis
* Roger Herft
* David Moxon
* Philip Richardson, suffragan Bishop in Taranaki

Waikato & Taranaki (co-equal diocesans)|

* David Moxon (Waikato)
* Philip Richardson (Taranaki/W&T)
* Helen-Ann Hartley (Waikato)

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Bishops of Polynesia

* Clayton Twitchell
* Stanley Kempthorne
* John Vockler
* John Holland
* Jabez Bryce
* Winston Halapua
* Fereimi Cama
* Sione Uluʻilakepa

Assistants &
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* Fine Halapua, Bishop of Nukuʻalofa
* Viliami Halaʻapiʻapi
* Winston Halapua
* Apimeleki Qiliho, Bishop in Vanua Levu and Taveuni/in Viti Levu West
* Gabriel Sharma, Bishop in Viti Levu West
* ʻAka Vaka, Bishop in Tonga
* Henry Bull, Bishop in Vanua Levu and Taveuni

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