THE ARCHBISHOPRIC

Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1925, Page 1

THE ARCHBISHOPRIC

■ .. " AUCKLAND, April S. 0 Although l)r A. AT. Averill, Angli- -■ can Bishop of Auckland, was elected at the session of- General Synod in Fcl>e ruary to the office of Rrimate and Arelio bishop ot NevJ Zealand, he is not yet ~ in full possession of hi- new dignity. The | riiii.-l'cr ol mil liordy "ill lake (•(feet as from April 21 si. tho day alter Dr Julius, present Archbishop, "ill vns cate the Bishopric of Christchurch, and ,’ with it the position of Archbishop of the Dominion. A widespread impression has arisen d jn Auckland that the Archbishop is in e some way or other associated with the r diocese of Christchurch, anil ihat Dr Avcrill's succession to il "ill necessar,f ily involve his removal lo ( aiiteibury. _ The Bishop, when the matter was inen- , tinned to him yesterday, said that the 1 report had reached his own ears and y (]ui( he was being questioned on the [ ' point almost every day. As a matter ol ;- fact, there was no ground whatever tor n (lie suggestion, possibly, lie added, il ( . had arisen from, the fact that the first p Prelate in New Zealand to he entitled Archbishop happened Lo he the Bishop 1 resident in ('anlerlmry. 'There "'as. “ however, no necessary connexion l»e----tween llie lwo lads. The office of Drill mac. To which the title of Archbishop i- had now been attached, had always u been a movable office. “In any case, n said Dr Averill. “1 have become so alI Inched lo Auckland as a city and a ‘ diocese, tlial I would in no circumstances. wish to leave it. F have spent lV 11 busy hut happy years in Auckland, tv and here I hope In finish my work for e the Church.” a \o rereiiiony of consecration is pro- ._ vided for accession to ollleo ot an Arch- , bishop. It was decided yesterday by the Standing Committee of the diocese 1 that on the morning ot April 21st. there 10 shall lie communion service in every is Hmi'cli.'in the diocese and that a recepl- tion shall he held in the Town Hall in i- the evening.