New Zealand Anglican dean (1910–1980)
Martin Gloster Sullivan KCVO (30 March 1910 – 5 September 1980) was an Anglican dean from New Zealand .
He was born in Auckland [1] and was educated at Auckland Grammar School and the University of Auckland . He was ordained in 1934[2] and began his career with a curacy at St Matthew's, Auckland.[3] After that he held incumbencies at Grey Lynn and Te Awamutu . During the Second World War he was a Chaplain to the Forces , serving as Battalion Padre of the NZ 22nd Battalion and when peace returned Principal of College House, Christchurch . In 1950 he was appointed Dean of Christchurch and vicar-general (1951–1961).
Moving to London he was appointed Rector of St Mary's, Bryanston Square in 1962, then Archdeacon of London the following year.[4] In 1967 he became Dean of St Paul's ,[5] a post he held for a decade. An eminent author; amongst others he wrote “Children Listen”, 1955; “On Calvary’s Tree”, 1957; “Approach With Joy”, 1961; “A Dean Speaks to New Zealand”, 1962; and “A Funny Thing Happened to me on the way to St Paul’s”, 1968.[6] In 1965, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. In the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours , Sullivan was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George .[7]
He had married Doris Rosie Grant Cowen in 1934 (daughter of Canon Grant Cowan,[8] she died 1972) and remarried Elizabeth Roberton in St Paul's Cathedral in 1973. He had no children.
He wrote Notes of an Army Chaplain for The Spectator magazine.[9]
Sullivan died in 1980 at a function held by the Auckland University Rugby Club where he was a key guest speaker.[10]
References
^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 0108153674
^ Church web site Archived 20 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Times , Friday, Jun 21, 1963; pg. 14; Issue 55733; col E Ecclesiastical News New Archdeacon Of London
^ ”The Deans”, Beeson,T.R: London, SCM, 2004 ISBN 0-334-02987-2
^ Davidson, Allan K. "Martin Gloster Sullivan" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017 .
^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1978" (PDF) . Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette . No. 57. 26 June 1979. p. 1953.
^ Zealand, National Library of New. "OBITUARY (Evening Post, 1934-07-13)" . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz . Retrieved 30 August 2016 .
^ https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/notes-from-an-army-chaplain/
^ "Story: Sullivan, Martin Gloster" The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved 2017-6-05.
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