Ralph Matthews

The Rt Rev Ralph Vernon Matthews (3 April 1928 – 4 March 1983) was the 11th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, New Zealand,[1] whose brief Episcopate spanned a four-year period during the third quarter of the 20th century.[2]

He was educated at Napier Boys' High School and the University of Auckland, and was ordained in 1956.[3] He embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Hastings, New Zealand, after which he was Vicar of Waipukurau, then Taupō.[4] From 1976 to 1979 he was Archdeacon of Waiapu, before his consecration to the Episcopate as its Diocesan Bishop, which See he held until his untimely death.[5]

References

  1. ^ Diocesan website.
  2. ^ Napier Cathedral website.
  3. ^ Crockfords (London: Church House, 1975), ISBN 0-7151-8088-6.
  4. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  5. ^ "Proceedings of the General Synod: 46th General Synod, 1984".
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Waiapu
1979–1983 		Succeeded by