1. John William Bluck was born on 22 July 1943 and is a New Zealand author and an Anglican clergyman who served as the 14th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu from 2002 until 2008.
10 Facts About John Bluck
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John Bluck is a maternal nephew of two other New Zealand Anglican Bishops, Edward Norman and Peter Mann, bishops of Wellington and Dunedin, respectively.
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John Bluck boarded at Napier Boys' High School, and at the age of 18 studied English literature and theology at the University of Canterbury.
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John Bluck was offered a place at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts but finished most of his studies at Harvard Divinity School.
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John Bluck was ordained as a priest in 1971 by Bishop Paul Reeves and began his ministry at Holy Trinity, Gisborne.
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John Bluck soon moved to Wellington to tutor journalism at Wellington Polytechnic, as well as being the institution's chaplain.
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John Bluck soon moved to Auckland and was editor of The New Zealand Methodist.
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In 1990, John Bluck was invited to be the Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral by Bishop David Coles, which he accepted.
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John Bluck held this position until 2002 where he became the 14th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu.
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John Bluck creates podcasts for Radio New Zealand and writes articles and opinion pieces for them and other New Zealand media companies.