John Russell (priest, born 1868) explained

John Delacourt Russell^[1] (b Hendon 1868 – d Riverton 9 February 1949) was the Archdeacon of Oamaru from 1915 until 1928 when it was renamed the Archdeaconry of North Otago,^[2] serving a further 16 years^[3] until his retirement in 1944: a total of 29 years.^[4] until his death on 9 February 1949.^[5]

Russell was ordained in 1893. He was Curate of St. Stephen the Martyr, Ōpōtiki. Later he held incumbencies at Bulls, Petone^[6] and Oamaru.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-415553.html University of Wellington
2. Archdeaconry re-named North Otago, 1928: Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 1931 Oxford: OUP, 1929
3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34470/page/30/data.pdf London Gazette
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1948 p1145 Oxford: OUP, 1908
5. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ODT19140928.2.39 Papers Past NZ
6. http://library.huttcity.mebooks.co.nz:8080/clients/library.huttcity/people/person-01343.html?author=J. D. Russell Hutt City Libraries
7. "Blain's Directory of the Clergy of Dunedin " Copyright the Reverend Dr. Michael Blain, 2003 Reproduced online with permission at http://anglicanhistory.org