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Haurongo: Selwyn, George Augustus

Five Anglican bishops, photographed probably in the early 1860s

A group of ministers in front of a tree, one seated and the rest standing.

Pioneering bishops of the Anglican church in New Zealand were George Augustus Selwyn, Henry John Chitty Harper, Charles John Abraham, and John Coleridge Patteson (standing, from left) and William Williams (seated, front).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA2-2773

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Warren E. Limbrick. 'Selwyn, George Augustus', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18/five-anglican-bishops-photographed-probably-in-the-early-1860s (accessed 4 June 2026).