Archpriest Antoine Garin SM
Title:
Archpriest
First Name:
Antoine
Middle Names:
Marie
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Garin
Order:
SM
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Saint Rambert-en-Bugey, Ain
Country of Birth:
France
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
France
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
New Zealand
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Wakapuaka, Nelson
Country of Burial:
New Zealand
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Biographical Notes
Catholic Church. Pioneer Priests. Labours in Early Days. A Notable Band, Evening Post, Wellington, 24 February 1938, p 20, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380224.2.174:
[...] Another notable figure in the early days of the Catholic Church in New Zealand was the Rev. Father Antoine Marie Garin, who laboured for so long in the Nelson district, and endeared himself to all sections of the community. He was born in France in 1810, and he reached New Zealand 31 years later to become Provincial of the Marist mission in the Bay of Islands. In 1850 he was appointed to the charge of Nelson. During the first ten to fifteen years Father Garin's district included Nelson and Marlborough, and he had to undertake long treks down the coast as far as Kaikoura. Before his long life closed he celebrated the golden jubilee of his priesthood, and the occasion was one of great rejoicing among all the people of Nelson. He died on August 14, 1889. [...]