BISHOP OF WAIAPU.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 6

BISHOP OF WAIAPU.

CANON SEDGWICK ELECTED, Napier, ■ 6:The. Rev/ -William- WalmsinvScdgr . ' hoh. ':canon '. oi. Ciiristchurcii' Cathedral; 1 and 'IJioccsimMissioncrJ-' has beeri' : .Olcctod:'Bishbp v *ol' i ':'-W'aiapuiiii i 3'<uc--.' "ci'Ssion ;lo Bisiuip'Averill,; who goes to Mr."j- ; S«lgwicki' wiio :is 53 years of age, ..sorv<kl :: as- Chaplain in tho Royal:Navy.from'.lfiSl !o lbßo. Ho caffic'. to New/ZealandMii % ax ixrrßFsnxG career Christchurch, Jamnr, 23 ... Canon Sedgwick,'wh'o.'Jias^been:eiected Bishop of Waiapii, ! '.w*asJliorii.at Fremantie, near Southampton;'"at the South of . England, aiid>is';tne third and only surviving son of the..Rev.' A. Sedgivick, rector, of Fremantle.v"'He.. received his. early-education at-Home,-- and' then at Mai'dstone, Kent. .and .at St;'.' Martin's, York, > whencoi: Ji6 : i went,-»to jChrist's College, Cambridge, where ho" took lus degree in 1881. ,He".was ordained in. ISB2 by the Archbishop of; Canterbury, and served his first curacy in Walteringb'ury, in tlio diocoso' of Canterbury.' In 1884 lie entered tho Navy, as a chaplain, and served'.in tho marine battalion at Suakira, bi-ing chaplain, to tho land forces, and visiting the ships.'. For his services ho, received; tho Suakira medal and clasp and tho Khedive's ■ brosmo star. From 18&5 to 1886 he was chapfain on board H.M.S. Thunderer, and on leaving the Navy he accepted tho living of St. Patrick's,. Hockley Heath, whero he remained from 1886 to 1889. fl« then became. rector of Vryburg, Bechuanaland, South Africa, where he ministered from 1889 w In 189 G. he was appointed rector of Bedford, Cape Colony, and then returned to England, ■ and for a few months held a curacy at- Evorshot,-. Dorset. ■■ Till 1901 ho was; private chaplain to the Earl of Kowe, : but. being desirous of further service in tho colonies, he 'accepted the cure of Waikari,-, North Canterbury, which he hold from 1901. to 1903. lio was vicar of.Akaroa till 1904, ; ' and then became vicar of St.'. _ Luko's, - Cbristcburcli, whore he remained till last year, when Bishop. Julius ..appointed him to tho post of diocesan missioner and secretary of the Church. Msasioii Fuuft In.this position 'Canon' Scdgwick has hardly had time'to;:.'do., any'work, but' had 'mapped; out his ; Hwork for tho present year.' i,i 1 ■' Canon Sedgwick was seen by a representative of'' tho ''.'Press" .to-day,' and was. asked for "some'particulars, of his experiences of Church-work.'" "It was always my .wish,'' said Canon Sedgwick, "from my earliest days to work in tho ; colonies. . 1 had a great friend of mine who. is now an Archbishop in South Africa." Ho a>(J I were animated by tho same desire to work in iho colonies. My other desire was to .work in the mission field, but I never seemed to havo tho samo direct call to mission work. I felt that it was tho duty of a young man to do some foreign service. The fact that the friond that I have referred to had gone to South Africa determined mo to go thero also. Tho parish of Vryburg whero I worked for several years was in area three times the size of Great Britain. The work involved long lonely journeys on horseback:. Tho nearest railway station at.that time was.Kimberloy, 100 miles to the.south.'' • ■

"You had thei-p'n thorough'training in the rough-and-tumble work of • tho Church," remarked the reporter," and Canon.S-edgwifck concurred. ". "The work in tho Navy," he continued, "was .very interesting. ■ I had the honour of serving on H.M.S. Thunderer with His.Majesty tho King, who was then a lieutenant.rL liked the work amongst tlio men. : ---« But 1 found one's hands tied to .a .great.'.extent owing to the desire.of those in.command not to havo tho.routine of tho ship interfered with. Being full of energy these restrictions mudo.mo restive, though tho work amongst, the bluejackets greatly interested me. Tile post-captain I found, however, more autocratic than the most autocratic vicar. At Waikari, my first charge" in-'-New'' Zealand, 1 found the

work most interesting,-though tho conditions being siniiiiar to those in South Africa wore not new. I well remember tho astonishment of a sergeant in tho Amuri Mounted Rifles who looking upon mo as a new chum, could not at first understand why I was so much at homo on horseback." .-.

Asked, regarding' his consecration, Canon Sedgwick said that tho date of tho ceremony depended on the Primate and the other Bishops, but it would be probably in the courso of a few weeks. The consecration would of courso t-ako place in-Napier."-.