Harry Stocker (1840 – 22 April 1923) was Archdeacon of Southland from 1885 until he retired in 1913.
Stocker was born in Boughton under Blean, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained deacon in 1868 and priest in 1869. After a curacy in Kingsclere, he came to New Zealand in 1873. He held incumbencies at Springston, Akaroa and St John, Invercargill.
He retired to Merivale, died on 22 April 1923 and is buried in the St Paul's cemetery at Papanui.
References
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1364 London, Horace Cox, 1908
- "Blain's Directory of the Clergy of Dunedin " Copyright the Reverend Dr. Michael Blain, 2003 Reproduced online with permission at
- Past Papers NZ
- Aitken, Richard. "Home- St John's Invercargill, NZ". St Johns Anglican Parish of invercargill. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- St Paul, Papanui
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Note: the title and jurisdiction of this archdeaconry has changed many times since its inception as Archdeaconry of Invercargill in 1881.
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