Edward Norman (bishop)

Sir Edward Kinsella Norman KBE DSO MC (14 September 1916 – 8 March 1987) was a New Zealand Anglican bishop.

Biography

Norman was born in Napier in 1916.[1] His theological education at Auckland University (then still Auckland College of the University of New Zealand) was interrupted by the Second World War.[1][2] He was awarded the Military Cross personally by General Freyberg in the Volturno Valley, Italy on 12 January 1944.[3] In the later stages of the Second World War, he was commander of the 25th Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Division.[4]

In 1948 Norman was ordained and was a curate in Berwick-on-Tweed; he later became vicar of Waiwhetu. After further incumbencies at Levin, Tauranga and Karori he became Archdeacon of Wellington in 1969[5] and the diocesan bishop in 1973. He died on 8 March 1987.[6]

In the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours, Norman was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[7]

Notes

1. Cenotaph Details
2. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. General Freyberg congratulating Lieutenant Colonel E K Norman on being awarded the Military Cross. Alexander Turnbull Library.
4. Puttick 1960, p. 641.
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
6. Blain, Michael (2002). Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul: A History, 1840–2001. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-86473-428-X
7. "No. 49769". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 2.

References

• Puttick, Sir Edward (1960). 25 Battalion. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch. OCLC 173284792.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)