John Rymer

The Very Rev John Oliver Rymer (13 August 1924 7 April 2003)[1] was the Dean of Auckland[2] from 1970 until 1991.

John Rymer
Born(1924-08-13)13 August 1924
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Died7 April 2003(2003-04-07) (aged 78)
Auckland, New Zealand

Rymer was educated at the University of Queensland[3] ordained in 1948. His first posts were curacies at St Peter's Cathedral Armidale and St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton. Headington. He was Vicar of Biloela from 1951 to 1954 after which he was the Chaplain of the University of New England.

Dean Rymer served as Padre of the Auckland Division of the RNZNVR from 1985–93.

References

  1. Mundia https://archive.is/20131107175858/http://www.mundia.com/au/Person/11383630/12503010010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Arnold Pickmere (11 April 2003). "Obituary: Very Rev Dean Emeritus John Rymer". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82. AbeBooks dot com. London: Oxford University Press. 1976. p. 894. ISBN 0192000101.


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