Photograph of "Five Bishops" - including two men who held the role of Wellington Bishop. Group includes from left to right: George Augustus Selwyn, Henry James Chitty Harper, Charles John Abraham, John Coleridge Patterson and Henry Williams (seated). Photograph possibly taken in Wellington by James Coutts Crawford. Ref: PAColl-10135-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32377986
Bishops of Wellington who used St Paul’s as their seat were:
Charles Abraham – 1870
Octavius Hadfield 1870 – 1893
Frederic Wallis 1895 – 1911
Thomas Sprott 1911 – 1936
Herbert St Barbe Holland 1936 – 1947
Reginald Owen 1947 – 1960
Henry Baines 1960 –
IMAGE: Photograph of “Five Bishops”, c1865 – including two men closely connected to St Paul’s – the first Bishop of New Zealand, George Selwyn, and the first Bishop of Wellington, Charles Abraham.
Group from left to right: George Augustus Selwyn, Henry James Chitty Harper, Charles John Abraham, John Coleridge Patterson and Henry Williams (seated). Photograph possibly taken in Wellington by James Coutts Crawford. Ref: PAColl-10135-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/32377986