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Biography: Cleary, Henry William

Henry William Cleary

Henry William Cleary

Remembered for his efforts to promote understanding of Catholic beliefs in wider society, Henry William Cleary was a brilliant editor of the New Zealand Tablet and from 1910, Catholic bishop of Auckland.

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Rory Sweetman. 'Cleary, Henry William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/360/henry-william-cleary (accessed 4 June 2026).