Lorenzo Moore (cleric) explained

Lorenzo Moore (1 September 1808 – 13 August 1894) was a notable New Zealand Anglican clergyman.

He was born in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland on 1 September 1808, a younger son of George Moore.

Moore was involved in a public dispute with the Bishop of Dunedin, Samuel Nevill; Moore was accused of holding Free Church services, though he rejected this label and claimed to be remedying what he termed 'ritualistic abuses'. [1]

Moore's daughter Mary Elizabeth married John Eldon Gorst, in Geelong in 1860.

Notes and References

  1. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18800228.2.25 "THE REV. LORENZO MOORE"