John Paterson (bishop of Auckland)

John Campbell Paterson (born 4 January 1945) was the Anglican Bishop of Auckland from 1994 to 2010.^[1]

Paterson was educated at King's College, Auckland and the University of Auckland^[2] His qualifications are a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Auckland, a Licentiate in Theology from St John's College, Auckland and a Diploma of Public Speaking from the New Zealand Speech Board. He is married to Marion Paterson.^[3]

Paterson began his ordained ministry with a curacy at Whangarei. He was then the vicar of Waimate from 1971 to 1976 where he also had chaplaincy and administrative posts before being ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Auckland in 1994. He was also the chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council until 2009. On his retirement he was presented with the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

References

Religious titles
Preceded by Bruce Carlyle Gilberd	Bishop of Auckland 1994-2010	Succeeded by Ross Bay

Anglican Bishops of Auckland

George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand William Cowie Moore Neligan Lloyd Crossley Alfred Averill John Simkin Eric Gowing Paul Reeves Bruce Gilberd John Paterson Ross Bay

Primates and Archbishops of New Zealand

Primates	George Selwyn Henry Harper Octavius Hadfield William Cowie Samuel Nevill

Archbishops	Churchill Julius Alfred Averill Campbell West-Watson Reginald Owen Norman Lesser Allen Johnston Paul Reeves Brian Davis John Paterson (Presiding Bishop) Whakahuihui Vercoe

3 archbishops	Brown Turei with David Moxon/Philip Richardson and Jabez Bryce/Winston Halapua

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 120586483

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