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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1961Vol. XXXII, No. 4

'Youngest Bishop'

p. 131 · Read in the full issue

For Polynesia

The Assistant Bishop of elaide, Rt. Rev. Dr. J. C. ckler, has been elected Bishop Polynesia. ie will leave Adelaide early :t year for his enthronement the Cathedral of the Holy nity, Suva. r he Diocese of Polynesia is largest in the world, and hop Vockler, 37, will be the ingest diocesan bishop in the glican Communion. n he former Bishop in Poly ia, Rt. Rev. Dr. L. S. Kemp rne, has been in his position 38 years and is the senior hop of the Anglican Com mon. He will live in Suva owing his retirement shortly.

Ushop Vockler is unmarried.

Ie was consecrated bishop in Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, 1959, and appointed Coadjutor hop of Adelaide, Archdeacon Eyre Peninsula and Vicar veral with the title of Bishop Mount Gambier.