Martin Sullivan (priest)

Martin Gloster SullivanKCVO(30 March 1910 – 5 September 1980) was anAnglicandeanfromNew Zealand.

He was born inAucklandand was educated atAuckland Grammar Schooland theUniversity of Auckland.He was ordained in 1934and began his career with acuracyat St Matthew's, Auckland.After that he heldincumbenciesatGrey LynnandTe Awamutu.During theSecond World Warhe was aChaplain to the Forces,serving as Battalion Padre of the NZ 22nd Battalion and when peace returned Principal of College House,Christchurch.In 1950 he was appointedDean of Christchurchand vicar-general (1951–1961).

Moving to London he was appointedRectorofSt Mary's, Bryanston Squarein 1962, thenArchdeacon of Londonthe following year.In 1967 he becameDean of St Paul's,a post he held for a decade. An eminent author; amongst others he wrote “Children Listen”, 1955; “On Calvary’s Tree”, 1957; “Approach With Joy”, 1961; “A Dean Speaks to New Zealand”, 1962; and “A Funny Thing Happened to me on the way to St Paul’s”, 1968.In 1965, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. In the1979 Queen's Birthday Honours,Sullivan was appointed aKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.

He had married Doris Rosie Grant Cowen in 1934 (daughter of Canon Grant Cowan,she died 1972) and remarried ElizabethRobertonin St Paul's Cathedral in 1973. He had no children.

He wrote Notes of an Army Chaplain for The Spectator magazine.

Sullivan died in 1980 at a function held by the Auckland University Rugby Club where he was a key guest speaker.

References

• "Sullivan, Martin Gloster".Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.Retrieved30 December2012.