Herbert William Williams
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Herbert William Williams FRS(10 October 1860 – 7 December 1937) was the 6th Anglican Bishop
of Waiapu
and a distinguished Māori scholar.
Williams was born in Waeenga-a-hika, Gisborne, New Zealand
and educated at Christ's College, Canterbury
, The University of New Zealand
and Jesus College, Cambridge
. Graduating B.A. in 1884, he was ordained in 1886 and embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at West Wratting
. After this he was Vice-Principal then Principal of the Māori Theological College and after that Superintendent
of the Missionary East Coast District. From 1907 to 1930 he was Archdeacon
of Waiapu. In that year he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather (Rt Revd William Williams
, the first Bishop of Waiapu
) and father (Rt Revd Leonard Williams, the third) and was elevated to the Episcopate.
Right Reverend
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Herbert William Williams FRS(10 October 1860 – 7 December 1937) was the 6th Anglican Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Waiapu
Diocese of Waiapu
The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...
and a distinguished Māori scholar.
Williams was born in Waeenga-a-hika, Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
and educated at Christ's College, Canterbury
Christ's College, Canterbury
Christ's College, Christchurch is an independent, Anglican, secondary, day and boarding school for boys, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand....
, The University of New Zealand
University of New Zealand
The University of New Zealand was the New Zealand university from 1870 to 1961. It was the sole New Zealand university, having a federal structure embracing several constituent colleges at various locations around New Zealand...
and Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
. Graduating B.A. in 1884, he was ordained in 1886 and embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at West Wratting
West Wratting
West Wratting is a village and civil parish 10 miles southeast of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. At above sea level, it can claim to be the highest village in Cambridgeshire, although the Gog Magog Hills are a little higher....
. After this he was Vice-Principal then Principal of the Māori Theological College and after that Superintendent
Superintendent (ecclesiastical)
Superintendent is the head of an administrative division of a Protestant church, largely historical but still in use in Germany.- Superintendents in Sweden :...
of the Missionary East Coast District. From 1907 to 1930 he was Archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of Waiapu. In that year he followed in the footsteps of his grandfather (Rt Revd William Williams
William Williams (bishop)
William Williams was the first Anglican Bishop of Waiapu and the father and grandfather of two others. He led the CMS missionaries in the translation of the Bible into Māori and he published an early dictionary and grammar of the Māori language.-Early life:Williams was born in Nottingham to Thomas...
, the first Bishop of Waiapu
Diocese of Waiapu
The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...
) and father (Rt Revd Leonard Williams, the third) and was elevated to the Episcopate.