Bishop Kempthorne's Silver

Jubilee

THE Bishop in Polynesia, the Rt. Rev.

L. S. Kempthorne, shown here with the processional cross presented by priests and laity of the diocese to commemmorate the 25th anniversarv of his consecration. The cross is a hand some piece of workmanship in Fijian materials and designed and carried out by local craftsmen. It is of Fijian wood and tortoiseshell with a silver inscription plate which reads: “To the Glory of God and in commemmoration of the Rt. Rev.

Leonard Stanley Kempthorne’s 25 years’ service as Bishop in Polynesia, 1923-48.”

During the Bishop’s Silver jubilee celebrations, the Anglican Primate of New Zealand, Archbishop Campbell West- Watson, visited Fiji. He preached at Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral at Evensong on Easter Sunday and was later welcomed at a large gathering in the Parish Hall.

On behalf of the diocese he presented Bishop Kempthorne with an inscribed clock and a cheque for £5O.