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| William Leonard Williams [CFT #14543] Born: 1829 Died: 1916 |
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| b Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand d Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand In 1870 Williams, purchased land in Gisborne where he built Te Rau Kahikatea, which was his family home from 1877 until 1894. In nearly buildings he established Te Rau Kahikatea Theological College for M?ori clergymen, which accepted students from 1883. Samuel Williams was the tutor in 1883 and Alfred Owen Williams became the tutor from 1883 to 1885. The students included Hone Tana Papahia and Hone Waitoa (the son of the Rev. Rota Waitoa). Williams was the principal of the college from 1885 to 1894, and his son, Herbert Williams was a tutor from 1889 to 1894, vice-principal in 1894, and principal from 1894 to 1902. Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere was assistant tutor from 1898 to 1908. Frederick William Chatterton was the principal from 1902 to 1918.[17] Alfred Nield was the principal from 1919 to 1920, when the college in Gisborne was closed and the students moved to St John's College, Auckland. Williams was elected the third Bishop of Waiapu by the Diocesan Synod on 25 September 1894, and was consecrated in the Napier Cathedral on 20 January 1895. He would travel on horseback around his diocese accompanied by two assistants. Williams retired in 1909 when he found the job too difficult; although he continued to act as the President of the New Zealand Church Missionary Association, which was formed in 1892. He died at his home in Napier in 1916. |
1: 1854 Frederick Wanklyn Williamsc W 2: 1856 Emily Jane Williams 3: 1857 Margaret Ellen Williams 4: 1859 Edith Mary Williams 5: 1860 Herbert William Williamsc 6: 1862 Agnes Maria Williams 7: 1864 Alfred Henry Williams 8: 1866 Sydney Leonard Williams 9: 1866 Francis James Volkner Williams 10: 1869 Arthur Edward Turner Williams | |||||||
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