A Church of Historical Interest
The Rev. W. F. Morley, until a few years ago the priest in charge of the Catholic church of St. Raphael's, kingstcm-on-1 names, died recently at the age of 73. St. Raphael's Catholic Church is almost of historical interest trom tho fact that the Comte and Comtess de Paris, the i>;ike d'Aosta. and the Princess Helene d'Orleans, and later the present Due d'Orleans, were married there. The King and Queen, then Prince and Princess of Wales, were piesent at the ceiemony at Kingston when the Comte and Comtess de Paris we.re married, and her Majesty was present at the wedding of Princess Helene d'Orleans in June, 1895. Father Morley officiated at the ceremony, and vvas presented by the Princess d'Orleans with a gold chalice as a memento of the occasion.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 29
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135A Church of Historical Interest New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 29
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