Walter Wootton Averill (12 May 189518 November 1955)Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) pp. 53–5 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019) was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid-twentieth century New Zealand.
The eldest son of Alfred Averill, Archbishop of New Zealand, Walter was born at Christchurch, and became elder brother to Leslie Averill. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and trained for the ministry (with an interruption during the Great War) at St John's College, Auckland (gaining a University of New Zealand degree).
He was made deacon on 21 December 1923 and ordained priest on 21 December 1924, both times by his father, at Auckland.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959/60 p 44: Oxford, OUP, 1960 After a curacy in Cambridge he held incumbencies at Hauraki Plains (1926–1928), Ponsonby (2 February 19281945),Church History Timaru (21 March 1945 – 1953) and Merivale (until his death). While at Ponsonby, he was also appointed a Canon of the cathedral and archdeacon (from 1938); in Timaru he became (additionally) Archdeacon of Timaru on 27 April 1945, holding that post until his arrival at Merivale.
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