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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
The Rev. Richard Coffey
The Rev. Richard Coffey, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's, was born in Ireland in 1836. Educated at Santry School College, Dublin, he gained his B.A. degree in 1865, taking his M.A. in December, 1893. The reverend gentleman was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Tuam, Lord Plunkett, at Tuam Cathedral, in 1866, and as priest by Dr. Gregg, Bishop of Cork, in Cork Minster, in 1866. Before coming to the colonies Mr. Coffey was curate of Westport, Sligo, and while there he decided to make New Zealand his home. He landed in Port Chalmers in 1868, per ship “Chili,” and was appointed to the charge of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. Subsequently he laboured at Milton, Otago, and from thence removed to the charge of St. Mark's, Wellington. Mr. Coffey is assisted by the Rev. Otho Fitzgerald as Curate, and occasionally by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, and the Rev. C. D. de Castro. The subject of this notice objects to the designation “vicar,” and prefers the title Curate.
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Rev. R. Coffey