Richard Joshua Thorpe (born 13 May 1838 Hoghton; died 23 October 1920 Christchurch)[1] was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th.
[2] Thorpe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[3] and ordained in 1862.
He served three curacies: at St John, Dublin (1861–1864); St Andrew the Less, Cambridge (1864[4]-1866) and St John, Langley, Essex (1866–1867).He was at All Saints, Nelson from 1867 to 1878, where he was also archdeacon of Waimea[5] and dean of New Zealand.
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