Edward Gaines
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Edward Russell Gaines (3 November 1926 – 6 September 1994) was the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1976–1981) and was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand (1980–94).
Born in
Holy Cross College, Mosgiel (operated by the Vincentian
order).
Gaines was ordained a Catholic priest on 13 July 1950 by Archbishop
Bishop John Mackey and served as auxiliary bishop of Auckland
until 1980. On 19 June 1980 Gaines was appointed as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Hamilton.
Bishop Gaines died on 6 September 1994, aged 67.[citation needed]
References
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- Dominic O'Sullivan and Cynthis Pier (eds), Turanga ngatahi: Standing together: the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, 1840–2005, Dunmore for the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Wellington, 2005.
External links
- Hamilton Catholic Diocese Archived 8 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Bishop Edward Russell Gaines, Catholic Herarchy website (retrieved 12 February 2011)
