Walter Hurst

Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst^[1] CBE (1912–1987) ^[2] was Dean of Wellington from 1963 to 1977.^[3]

Hurst was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1936. After curacies at Drumachose and Lower Hutt he was a Chaplain to the New Zealand Armed Forces during World War Two. When peace returned he held incumbencies at Waiwhetū, Stratford and New Plymouth before his time as Dean.^[4]

In the 1976 Birthday Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to the community".^[5]

References

1. World Cat
2. St Peter's Cathedral
3. Blain, Michael. Wellington Cathedral of S Paul: A History 1840–2001
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980/82 p 507: Oxford, OUp, 1983 ISBN 0192000101
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46921. p. 8055. 4 June 1976. Retrieved 3 January 2015.