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] Ordained in 1936,[4] he was a curate at St Peter’s Huddersfield.[5] He then 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. In 1969 he was translated to the Diocese of Polynesia.[7] He retired in 1975, and was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1975 Birthday Honours.[8]

References

  1. ↑ University of Auckland website. Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Ohinemuri Regional History website.
  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
  6. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, Oct 10, 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48432; col A
  7. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46595. p. 7406. 6 June 1975.
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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