Directory: Archbishops of NZ Contact Us Sign Up Home

Available Now

JOIE CD Cover

Organ music from Holy Trinity Cathedral,
played by
Eugene Lavery,
Assistant Organist

Click here

The Archbishops & Primates of New Zealand.

Name

Title

Tenure

George Augustus Selwyn. Bishop of New Zealand;
Metropolitan (1858)
1841 - 1869
Henry John Chitty Harper.
First Primate of N.Z.
Bishop of Christchurch
Primate of New Zealand
1856 - 1890
1867 - 1890
Octavius Hadfield Bishop of Wellington
Primate of New Zealand
1870 - 1893
1890 - 1893
Dr William Garden Cowie Bishop of Auckland
Primate of New Zealand
1869 - 1902
1893 - 1902
Churchill Julius.
First Archbishop of N.Z.
Bishop of Christchurch
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1890 - 1925
1902 - 1925
Dr Walter Alfred Averill Bishop of Auckland
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1914 - 1940
1925 - 1940
Dr Campbell West-Watson Bishop of Christchurch
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1926 - 1951
1940 - 1952
Dr Reginald Herbert Owen Bishop of Wellington
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1947 - 1960
1952 - 1961
Dr Norman Alfred Lesser Bishop of Waiapu
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1947 - 1971
1961 - 1971
Dr Allen Howard Johnston Bishop of Waikato
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1969 - 1980
1972 - 1980
Sir Paul Alfred Reeves Bishop of Auckland
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1979 - 1985
1980 - 1985
Brian Newton Davis. Bishop of Waikato
Bishop of Wellington
Primate & Archbishop of New Zealand
1980 - 1986
1986 - 1997
1985 - 1997
John Campbell Paterson Bishop of Auckland
Primate of New Zealand; Presiding Bishop

1994 -
1998 - 2004

Te Wakahuihui Vercoe Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa
(Bishop of Aotearoa)
Primate of New Zealand; Presiding Bishop

1982 - 2004

2004 - 2005

William Brown Turei Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa
(Bishop of Aotearoa)
Archbishop & Primate of New Zealand; Co-Presiding Bishop;

2004 -

2005 -

Bold entries indicate a link to a biography.