Peter Atkins (bishop)

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.

The Right Reverend

Peter Atkins
Bishop of Waiapu
ProvinceAotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
DioceseWaiapu
In office1983–1990
PredecessorRalph Matthews
SuccessorMurray Mills
Personal details
Born
Peter Geoffrey Atkins

(1936-04-29)29 April 1936
Died11 May 2022(2022-05-11) (aged 86)
Auckland, New Zealand
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseRosemary Atkins
Children1
Alma materSidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Biography

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
  1. Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 146)
  4. The Lectionary Te Maramataka 2007 Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 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.
  6. "The Right Reverend Peter Atkins". St Aidan's Anglican Church. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. "Peter Atkins". Goodreads. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. "Peter Geoffrey Atkins". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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