Norman Lesser

Norman Alfred Lesser (16 March 1902 – 12 February 1985^[1]) was an Anglican bishop and Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961 to 1971. He was the Bishop of Waiapu^[2] from 1947^[3] to 1971.

Education and early ministry

Foundation stone at St Johns Church in Dannevirke laid by Norman Lesser

He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Simon and St Jude, Anfield, Liverpool.^[4] He then held similar posts at Holy Trinity, Formby and Liverpool Cathedral. In 1931 he became Vicar of St John, Barrow-in-Furness. From 1931 to 1939 he was Rector and Sub-Dean of Nairobi Cathedral and from then until his elevation to the Waiapu See its Provost.

Lesser succeeded Archbishop Reginald Herbert Owen as Primate of the Anglican Church of New Zealand on his death in 1961.Norman Lesser Drive in Auckland is named after him.

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Lesser on the Waiapu Cathedral website
↑ The Times, Tuesday, Dec 24, 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50642; col B Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Waiapu
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1948 Oxford OUP 1947

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Cruickshank	Bishop of Waiapu 1947–1971	Succeeded by Paul Reeves
Preceded by Reginald Owen	Archbishop of New Zealand 1961–1971	Succeeded by Allen Johnston

Bishops of Waiapu

William Williams Edward Stuart Leonard Williams Alfred Averill William Sedgwick Herbert Williams George Gerard George Cruickshank Norman Lesser Paul Reeves Ralph Matthews Peter Atkins Murray Mills John Bluck David Rice Andrew Hedge

Primates and Archbishops of New Zealand

Primates	George Selwyn Henry Harper Octavius Hadfield William Cowie Samuel Nevill

Archbishops	Churchill Julius Alfred Averill Campbell West-Watson Reginald Owen Norman Lesser Allen Johnston Paul Reeves Brian Davis John Paterson (Presiding Bishop) Whakahuihui Vercoe

3 archbishops	Brown Turei with David Moxon/Philip Richardson and Jabez Bryce/Winston Halapua

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