Peter Geoffrey Atkins (29 April 1936 – 11 May 2022) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, who served as the Bishop of Waiapu from 1983 to 1990.
Born on 29 April 1936, Atkins was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
[1] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at Karori, after which he was a priest-tutor at St Peter's Theological College in the Solomon Islands.
[2] Later, he was vicar of Waipukurau, then diocesan secretary and registrar in the Diocese of Waiapu.
[6][7] He was also a senior research fellow at the University of Birmingham, and wrote a series of books on practical theology.