page_title: Norman Lesser
section_title: Education and early ministry
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Lesser / Education and early ministry
caption_attribution_description: English: St Johns Church. Dannevirke, New Zealand
context_page_description: Norman Alfred Lesser CMG was an Anglican bishop and Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961 to 1971. He was the Bishop of Waiapu from 1947 to 1971.
context_section_description: He was educated at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Simon and St Jude, Anfield, Liverpool. He then held similar posts at  Holy Trinity, Formby and Liverpool Cathedral. In 1931 he became Vicar  of St John, Barrow-in-Furness. From 1931 to 1939 he was Rector  and Sub-Dean of Nairobi Cathedral and from then until his elevation to the  Waiapu See its Provost.
caption: Foundation stone at St Johns Church in Dannevirke laid by Norman Lesser
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