Antoine Marie Garin
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Antoine Marie Garin (23 July 1810 – 14 April 1889) was a French Roman Catholic priest, missionary and educationalist who came to New Zealand. He was born in Rambert-en-Bugey, France on 23 July 1810.{{DNZB|title=Antoine Marie Garin|first= John V.|last= Broadbent|id=1g4|accessdate=23 April 2017}} He ministered in Auckland, Northland and, most notable, in Nelson, New Zealand.
He died in 1889 and was buried at Wakapuaka Cemetery in Nelson.
Memorials
A secondary school, Garin College in Nelson, New Zealand, is named after Antoine Marie Garin.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Father Garin|url=https://www.garincollege.ac.nz/special-character/father-garin/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223011455/https://www.garincollege.ac.nz/special-character/father-garin/ |archive-date=23 December 2018 |access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.garincollege.ac.nz|language=en-NZ}} Nelson has a region called Garindale on the way into the city from Blenheim, a Garin Heights at Atawhai, a Garin Grove and an Antoine Grove in Richmond. There is a Garin Way in Mt Wellington, Auckland, and an Espace Antoine Garin in his home town of Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey, Ain, France.Peter Tremewan & Giselle Larcombe, eds., Living Among the Northland Maori: Diary of Father Antoine Garin, 1844-1846, University of Canterbury Press: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2019, 9 & 551.
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Category:19th-century French Roman Catholic priests
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