Billy Fitchett, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Billy Fitchett

New Zealand bishop

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1872

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1952

Profession: priest

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Billy Fitchett

  • William Alfred Robertson Fitchett (6 February 1872 – 15 August 1952) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand.
  • He was the Bishop of Dunedin from 1934 to 1952.Fitchett was born in Christchurch and his father was the Very Reverend Alfred Robertson Fitchett CMG of Dunedin.
  • He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge.
  • Ordained in 1901, he was curate then priest in charge of St Thomas' Wellington before being vicar of Dunstan and Roslyn.
  • In 1915 he became the Archdeacon of Dunedin, a post he held for 19 years before being appointed its bishop.Fitchett was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.

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