Manuhuia Bennett, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetManuhuia Bennett
New Zealand bishop
Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1916
Date of Death: 20-Dec-2001
Profession: priest
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Manuhuia Bennett
- Rt Rev.
- Manuhuia "Manu" Augustus Bennett (10 February 1916 – 20 December 2001) was a New Zealand Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 20th century. He was born in Rotorua on 10 February 1916 into an ecclesiastical family: his father Frederick Augustus Bennett was the inaugural Bishop of Aotearoa.
- He identified with the Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Rangitihi iwi.
- Educated at the University of Hawaii and ordained in 1940, he was a Curate in the Diocese of Waiapu before becoming a Chaplain to the New Zealand Forces.
- When peace returned he was a Maori Missionary at Rangitikei.
- Later he was Vicar of St Faith’s Rotorua before being appointed Suffragan Bishop of Aotearoa in 1951.
- He was Bishop of Aotearoa from 1968 to 1981 and a member of the Waitangi Tribunal from 1986 to 1997.
- He died on 20 December 2001.
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