Thomas Champion (priest)

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Thomas Eric Champion was a New Zealand Anglican priest in the twentieth century. [1]

Champion was educated at Moore Theological College; and ordained deacon in 1937, and priest in 1938. [2]

After a curacy in Wairau, he was the incumbent at Picton. He was a chaplain to the New Zealand Armed Forces during World War II. When peace returned he became vicar of All Saints, Nelson; and archdeacon of Waimea from 1949 until 1956.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Harvest of Grace: Essays in Celebration of 150 Years of Mission in the Anglican Diocese of Nelson" Bester, R (Ed) p131: Nelson, New Zealand; Anglican Diocese of Nelson; 2010 ISBN   9780473177775
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1951–52 pp217/8: London, OUP, 1951