Brian Davis (bishop)
{{Short description|New Zealand archbishop (1934–1998)}}
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Brian Newton Davis {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} (28 October 1934 – 22 June 1998){{cite news | title= Primate had strength of faith | date=25 June 1998 | work=The Evening Post | page=7}} was the Anglican Bishop of Waikato from 1980 to 1986 and Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand and Bishop of Wellington from 1986 to 1997.“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}
Biography
=Childhood and education=
Davis was born in Stratford, New Zealand and underwent secondary education at Stratford High School, Taranaki. He studied to be a teacher at Ardmore Training College, Papakura and then went on to study a M.A.(Hons) in geography at Victoria University of Wellington. He also studied at College House, Christchurch, before finally completing his studies at St John's College, Auckland in order to become an Anglican priest.
=Ministry=
After ordination, Davis served as a curate at Karori, Wellington.{{Cite web |url=http://search.digitalnz.org/en/historyandheritage/search?commit=Search&filter%5Bcreator%5D%5B%5D=Brian+Newton+Davis%2C+M.A.%2C+Vicar%2C+St.+Philips%2C+Karori+West%2C+Wellington+and+Edward+Stewart+Dollimore%2C+Research+Officer%2C+Department+of+Lands+and+Survey%2C+Wellington.&filter%5Bplacename%5D=New+Zealand&page=1&search_text= |title=digitalnz |access-date=2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826222626/http://search.digitalnz.org/en/historyandheritage/search?commit=Search&filter[creator][]=Brian+Newton+Davis,+M.A.,+Vicar,+St.+Philips,+Karori+West,+Wellington+and+Edward+Stewart+Dollimore,+Research+Officer,+Department+of+Lands+and+Survey,+Wellington.&filter[placename]=New+Zealand&page=1&search_text= |archive-date=2011-08-26 |url-status=dead }} He was then appointed the vicar at DannevirkeCrockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} and later became Dean and Vicar General of Waiapu. In 1980 he was appointed the Bishop of Waikato and in 1986 was elected the Archbishop of New Zealand and Bishop of Wellington. He resigned both posts effective 1 July 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/53#idx18900|title = Proceedings of the General Synod: 53rd General Synod, 1998}}
In 1990, Davis was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=117}} In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the Anglican Church and the community.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1997 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1997 |date=2 June 1997 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=25 July 2019}}
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Category:People educated at Stratford High School, New Zealand