Background
Davis, Brian Newton was born on October 28, 1934 in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of Leonard Lancelot and Ethel May (Newland) Davis.
Davis, Brian Newton was born on October 28, 1934 in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of Leonard Lancelot and Ethel May (Newland) Davis.
Ardmore Teachers Training College, Auckland University, Victoria University of Wellington, Christchurch Theological College.
Assistant curate, St. Mark's Wellington, 1960-1962; assistant curate, Karori West and Makara, 1962-1964; vicar of Karori West and Makara, 1964-1967; vicar of Dannevirke, 1967-1973; vicar, Cathedral Parish St. John the Evangelist, Napier dean of Waiapu, 1973-1980; vicar general of Waiapu, 1979-1980; bishop of Waikato, 1980-1986; primate, archbishop of New Zealand, bishop of Wellington, since 1986.
Married Marie Lynette Waters, January 21, 1961. Children: Megan Elizabeth, Susan-Mary, Jane Louise, Fiona Catherine.