John Oliver Rymer (13 August 1924 – 7 April 2003)[1] was the Dean of Auckland[2] from 1970 until 1991.
Rymer was educated at the University of Queensland[3] ordained in 1948.
In 1982, Rymer became the chairman of the Christ of the Ships Trust Board, a non-denominational group who intended to fund the construction of a 12 m (39 ft) statue of Jesus to be constructed in the Waitematā Harbour.
[4] Dean Rymer served as Padre of the Auckland Division of the RNZNVR from 1985 to 1993.
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