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Octavius Hadfield
Portrait of Octavius Hadfield, circa 1890s.
Octavius Hadfield
Octavius Hadfield, member of the Church Missionary Society, was, in 1838, the first priest to be ordained in New Zealand. He became Bishop of Wellington in 1870
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