Peter Atkins (bishop)
Peter Atkins | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Waiapu | |
| Province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Diocese | Waiapu |
| In office | 1983–1990 |
| Predecessor | Ralph Matthews |
| Successor | Murray Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Geoffrey Atkins 29 April 1936 |
| Died | 11 May 2022 (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Rosemary Atkins |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
Peter Geoffrey Atkins (29 April 1936 – 11 May 2022) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, who served as the Bishop of Waiapu from 1983 to 1990.
Biography
[edit]Born on 29 April 1936, Atkins was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1963.[1] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at Karori, after which he was a priest-tutor at St Peter's Theological College in the Solomon Islands.[2] Later, he was vicar of Waipukurau, then diocesan secretary and registrar in the Diocese of Waiapu. He was archdeacon of Hawke's Bay from 1979 until 17 September 1983,[3] when he was ordained to the episcopate.[4] In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[5]
After resigning his see, Atkins moved to Auckland in 1991 where he was dean at St John's Theological College and a lecturer in liturgy and evangelism at the University of Auckland.[6][7] He was also a senior research fellow at the University of Birmingham, and wrote a series of books on practical theology.[7]
Atkins died in Auckland on 11 May 2022, at the age of 86.[6][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 146)
- ^ The Lectionary Te Maramataka 2007 Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 51. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ a b "The Right Reverend Peter Atkins". St Aidan's Anglican Church. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Peter Atkins". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Peter Geoffrey Atkins". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- 1936 births
- 2022 deaths
- People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby
- Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- British emigrants to New Zealand
- Anglican archdeacons in New Zealand
- Anglican bishops of Waiapu
- 20th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand
- Academic staff of the University of Auckland