Charles Mules Explained

Charles Oliver Mules (8 September 1837, Ilminster – 9 October 1927, Nelson, New Zealand) was the third Anglican Bishop of Nelson,[1] whose Episcopate spanned a 20-year period during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

He was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] and ordained in 1864. After a curacy at Whorlton, County Durham he emigrated to New Zealand to work under Andrew Suter, Anglican Bishop of Nelson. He was Vicar of Brightwater[4] then Archdeacon[5] of Waimea before succeeding Suter. At some point he became a Doctor of Divinity.

After resigning his see he lived at Trafalgar Square in the city until his death on 9 October 1927.[6] He is buried at St Michael's, Waimea West.[7]

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
  2. “The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  3. http://digital.liby.waikato.ac.nz/iln/library?e=q-000-00---0iln--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-kk-200---20-about-the--00031-001-0-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=iln&cl=search&d=HASH48266727a99910c507544f.2 Illustrated London News
  4. “A History of the English Church in New Zealand” Purchas, HT: Christchurch (NZ) Simpson & Williams Limited,1914
  5. http://newsimages.worldvitalrecords.com/books%5C2009JUN14%5Ccdaustralianz0100-1881_newzealandgaz1881%5C104.pdf New Zealand Gazette
  6. [The Times]
  7. http://nelsondata.homestead.com/StMichaelCem.html Nelson data