Alwyn Warren (bishop)

Alwyn Keith Warren CMG MC ChStJ (23 September 1900 – 27 May 1988)[1] was Bishop of Christchurch in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia from 1951 until 1966 and Chancellor of the University of Canterbury from 1965 to 1968.

[1] He was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and educated at Huntley School, Marton, then in England at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford.

[4] After a curacy at Ashford, Kent, he returned to New Zealand where he was Vicar of Ross and South Westland and then Waimate.

[1][7] In Christchurch, in addition to improving the decoration of the cathedral, he was involved in the civic life of the city, particularly the Rotary Club and the Order of Saint John.

[11] Warren's retirement as bishop was precipitated by Doreen suffering a stroke in 1964 which left her paralysed and unable to speak.