John Simkin, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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New Zealand bishop
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1883
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1965
Profession: priest
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About John Simkin
- Wilfred John Simkin (15 June 1883 – 8 July 1967) was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose Episcopate spanned a 20-year period during the middle of the 20th century.
- Born in Staffordshire he was educated at The Prince of Wales School, Rugeley and Lichfield Theological College before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Christ Church, Stafford.
- Emigrating to New Zealand in 1911 he was successively Vicar of Wairoa, Private Chaplain to the Bishop of Waiapu and Archdeacon of Hawkes Bay/Manukau before appointment to the See of Auckland in 1940.
- He was consecrated bishop on 11 June 1940.
- An enigmatic man, he worked tirelessly to complete the building of Holy Trinity Cathedral.
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