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Harry Stocker (1840 – 22 April 1923) was Archdeacon of Southland from 1885[1] until he retired in 1913.

Stocker was born in Boughton under Blean, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1868 and priest in 1869. After a curacy in Kingsclere,[2] he came to New Zealand in 1873. He held incumbencies at Springston,[3] Akaroa and St John, Invercargill.[4]

He retired to Merivale, died on 22 April 1923 and is buried in the St Paul's cemetery at Papanui.[5]

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  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1364 London, Horace Cox, 1908
  2. "Blain's Directory of the Clergy of Dunedin " Copyright the Reverend Dr. Michael Blain, 2003 Reproduced online with permission at
  3. Past Papers NZ
  4. Aitken, Richard. "Home- St John's Invercargill, NZ". St Johns Anglican Parish of invercargill. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. "St Paul, Papanui" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.