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Octavius Hadfield
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Full Name:
Octavius Hadfield
Lifetime:
1814 – 11 Dec 1904
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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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Portrait of Octavius Hadfield, circa 1890s.
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Missionary protection of Māori cartoon