The Bishop Who lost His See

From the Dust Cover of this New Book...

"In 1865 the Archbishop of Canterbury asked the Vicar of Preston-next-Wingham to become the first Bishop of Dunedin in New Zealand. From his knowledge of the gifts and abilities of the man he was sure that the Rev Henry Jenner would make and excellent spiritual leader of that newly created Diocese.

What the Prelate didn't know was that this very southern part of the then colony had a number of problems not experienced in the Home Counties of England. The culture created by is mainly Scottish migrants, the social and economic challenged created by a recent gold rush, and the struggle of the colonial church to assert itself as independent from the Mother Church in England, all combined to create a situation in which Henry Jenner was to become a victim of the resulting economic, insular and religious problems. 

The result was that, after having travelled half-way around the world, visited mining towns and sheep stations on coach and horseback, and becoming as familiar as he could with the country, it was decided by a committee vote that he was unacceptable as the new Bishop of Dunedin. He therefore returned to the vicarage at Preston, where he was the remain for the rest of his life.

This is the story of the events, the people, and the controversies that made up this Dunedin Affair. Like much that is set in the past, it perhaps has some useful lessons for our present times."

Purchasing this book

This book is available directly from the author for around £20 (including post and packaging) , who you can contact at writerbobsimmonds@gmail.com. You will be sent an invoice and you can pay for this on-line via PayPal (see extra information attached below). You don't need a PayPal account to do this.

The Dunedin Affair is also available from Waterstones in the UK, who will ship it internationally (but they purchase it from the author and send it on): 

https://www.waterstones.com/author/bob-simmonds/484489 

We also have a copy in the Diocesan Library at Peter Mann House, if you want to borrow it. 

See also: https://www.calledsouth.org.nz/bishops-of-dunedin/