APPOINTED DEAN OF NORWICH

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24904, 18 June 1946, Page 5

APPOINTED DEAN OF NORWICH

RT. REV. H. ST. BARBE HOLLAND BISHOP OF WELLINGTON SINCE 1936 (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) ” LONDON, June 16. The Bishop of Wellington (the Rt. Rev. Herbert St. Barbe Holland) has been appointed Dean of Norwich in succession to Dean H. S. Cranage, who has resigned. _ , Appointed to the See of Wellington in 1936, Bishop Holland is 64 years of age. Both his father and grandfather were priests of the Church of England. Educated at Durham School and at Oxford, where he had a brilliant career. Bishop Holland held a number of church appointments in England, including that of home secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1920 to 1924. He served as chaplain in the 1914-18 war. . x At the time of his appointment as Bishop of Wellington Bishop Holland was chief commissary to the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, an appointment he had held for 16 years. Bishop Holland came to Wellington in 1936, having previously been archdeacon of Warwick and rector of

Hampton Lucy, in the diocese of Coventry. He has since taken the keenest and most active interest in New Zealand church, social, and public affairs. Under his leadership, the campaign to build a cathedral in Wellington has been pursued with great vigour. He has been an active supporter of all movements tending to promote harmony and common action among the various churches, including the establishment and operation of the National Council of Churches, the Inter-Church Council on Public Affairs, and the Christian ’ order campaign.

PRIME MINISTER’S TRIBUTE

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 17. “It was with sincere regret that I learned that Bishop Holland is to leave us,” said the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) this afternoon. ‘During the 10 years he has been Bishop of Wellington he has won not only the esteem out the friendship of the whole community. "While he has been devoted and untiring in the exacting work of his own Church and diocese, his interests and sympathies have extended to every ?ood cause. He has formed many riendships in all denominations and all walks of Ufe. His, sympathetic understanding and approach to every question national, international, spiritual, intellectual, and social—have impressed those engaged in many progressive activities and humanitarian causes. His forceful expression of his honest opinions have always been welcomed and valued. To him, sincere feeling means enthusiastic action. His 10 years' contribution to our national life has been a mission for the furtherance of Christian principles applied to everyday activities. “I am sorry that his wide range of interests his strong? enthusiasm for the task in hand—for Instance, his vigorous leadership of the csthedral fund campaign—took undue toll of his strength, and that against his will he has to relinquish his heavy burden in New Zealand, and assume the duties of a very important but less exacting position In the United Kingdom. Ism voicing the opinion of all who know the man and his work when I wish him every success and happiness in Norwich.”