Walter Hurst
Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst[1] CBE (1912–1987) [2] was Dean of Wellington from 1963 to 1977.[3]
Hurst was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1936. After curacies at Drumachose and Lower Hutt he was a Chaplain to the New Zealand Armed Forces during World War Two. When peace returned he held incumbencies at Waiwhetū, Stratford and New Plymouth before his time as Dean.[4]
In the 1976 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to the community".[5]
References
- ^ World Cat
- ^ St Peter's Cathedral
- ^ Blain, Michael. Wellington Cathedral of S Paul: A History 1840–2001
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980/82 p 507: Oxford, OUp, 1983 ISBN 0192000101
- ^ "No. 46921". The London Gazette (invalid
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