[1][2][3] Rev Canon Charles Jordan was born in Ventry, near Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.

Jordan continued in Church work in Ireland till 1872, and left on September 11th of that year for Tauranga, being appointed thereto by the commissaries of the former Bishop of Waiapu, Rev.

However, on the eleventh ultimo, he became ill after getting a chill while returning from the Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid Board's most recent meeting in Whakatāne.

His condition deteriorated to the point where a number of his relatives, who live across the Dominion, were called to his bedside.

According to his obituary, Jordan had "an honorable record of excellent service, and it may be said of him that he sacrificed his personal interests for the good of the people."