The [[Right Reverend|Rt Rev]] ''' Ralph Vernon Matthews''' (3 April 1928 -– 4 March 1983) was the 11th [[Anglican]] [[Bishop]] of [[Diocese of Waiapu|Waiapu]], [[New Zealand]],<ref>[http://www.waiapu.anglican.org.nz/ Diocesan web-sitewebsite.]</ref> whose brief [[Episcopate]] spanned a four-year period during the third quarter of the 20th century.<ref>[http://www.napiercathedral.org.nz/plaques.php Napier Cathedral web-sitewebsite.]</ref>
He was educated at [[Napier Boys' High School]] and the [[University of Auckland]], and was ordained in 1956.<ref>[[Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]], (London,: Church House, 1975), {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}.</ref> He embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a [[curacy]] in [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]], New Zealand, after which he was [[Vicar]] of [[Waipukurau]], then [[TaupoTaupō]].<ref>[[Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]] London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}.</ref> From 1976 to 1979 he was [[Archdeacon]] of Waiapu, before his elevationconsecration to the Episcopate as its [[Diocese|Diocesan]] Bishop, which See he held until his untimely death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/47#idx16581|title = Proceedings of the General Synod: 46th General Synod, 1984}}</ref>
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