Walter Steins Bisschop
Walter Hermanus Jacobus Steinsarchbishop ad personam, and third Bishop of Auckland (1879–1881).
Early life
Walter Steins was born in 1810 in
Jesuit
in 1849.
Vicar Apostolic in India
Steins obtained permission from his superiors to proceed to
Santals and other eastern tribes. Because of ill-health caused by a fall he was advised to return to Europe and he spent time recuperating at Conflans-sur-Seine, the novitiate of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Paris.[2]
Bishop of Auckland
Steins recovered sufficiently to request a further appointment and on 16 May 1879 he was appointed as Bishop of Auckland. He arrived on 3 December 1879 and was 15 months in the country. He died on 7 September 1881 in Sydney, as he was, once again, returning to Europe. Archbishop Steins " ... was a distinguished theologian and linguist; broadminded and tolerant".[2] He attended the First Vatican Council in 1870.
Honorific eponyms
Steins Avenue in Hillsborough, Auckland was named after Bisschop in the early 1980s.[3]
Notes
- ^ Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (4 ed.). 1918. pp. 1266f. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b G H Scholefield (ed), A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, "Walter Steins Bisschop", Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1940, Vol 2, p. 327.
- Wikidata Q116775081.
References/Sources
- E.R. Simmons, A Brief History of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland, 1978.
- E.R. Simmons, In Cruce Salus, A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848 – 1980, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland 1982.
External links
- Archbishop Walter Herman Jacobus Steins SJ, Catholic Hierarchy website (Retrieved 12 February 2011)
