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 death in Auckland on 4 March 1983, at the age of 54.[5][6] His wife, Pauline Matthews, died in 2026.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Diocesan website". Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ Napier Cathedral website.
- ↑ Crockfords (London: Church House, 1975), ISBN 0-7151-8088-6.
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
- ↑ "Proceedings of the General Synod: 46th General Synod, 1984".
- ↑ "Bishop dies". The Press. 5 March 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 15 August 2026 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "Pauline Matthews obituary". The Post. 15 August 2026. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
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