The Mission to Seafarers: Wellington, NZ
Missioners and Port Chaplains over the last 125 years
Research (in progress) by Claire Clark & Rev Robert Bruere, Editor of the Blain Biographical Directory
James Moore
October 1898 – May 1911
Title: Missioner
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
WHANGANUI CHRONICLE, Volume 75, Issue 249, 21 October 1932, Page 12
Frederick Samuel Shell
May 1911– 1912
Title: Acting Missioner
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
NEW ZEALAND POLICE GAZETTE, Volume LVIII, Issue 22, 7 June 1933, Page 44 (Supplement)
William Edwin Cocks
Nov 1912 - mid 1914
Title: Acting Missioner
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
No photo available
Note: Should anyone have a photo of William Edwin Cocks or know where to find one, please email us at mtswgn@gmail.com
James Moore
November 1913 – Oct 1932
Title: Missioner
Organisation: 'Sailors Friend Society'
Photo credit:
NEW ZEALAND MAIL, Issue 1771, 14 February 1906, Page 34 (Supplement)
Bishop of Wellington Right Rev Dr T H Sprott & a voluntary committee Chaired by Canon Percival James
INTERIM Dec 1932 – March 1934
The Reverend Brinley John Williams
March 1934 - 1949
Title: Superintendent. Appointed Chaplain 21 Dec 1935
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
EVENING POST, Volume CXVII, Issue 62, 14 March 1934, Page 7
The Reverend Maxwell (Max) Pressland Cowle
1 Mar 1950 - 1954
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
The Blain Biographical Directory
The Reverend Oswald John Matthews
1955—1964
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
The Matthews Family
The Reverend Edward (Ted) James Boyd Matchett
1964 -1969
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
The Matchett Family
The Reverend Selwyn Sidney Hadlow
26 June 1969-1974
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
The Hadlow Family
The Reverend Peter Alfred Tatham Rynd
1975-1978
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/61caf18d-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad
The Reverend Noel Alfred William Stone
1978-1985
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Missions to Seamen
Photo credit:
www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/ee4018ba-1161-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad
The Reverend Canon Christopher James (Jim) Pether
1985- 2010
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Mission to Seafarers
Photo credit:
The Pether Family
The Reverend Robert (Bob) Warren Peters
2010 – 2016
Title: Chaplain
Organisation: The Mission to Seafarers
Photo credit:
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/iunsung-heroesi-vicar-says-helping-others-is-his-lifes-work/2QD5QVO424PIWHXDN6MFQKFICA/
The Reverend Lance Lukin KHC OStJ JP
February 2016 – ongoing
Title: Chaplain, Regional Director MTS Oceania
Organisation: The Mission to Seafarers
Photo credit:
Eva Kaprinay
