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Anglican dean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfred Robertson Fitchett CMG (1836 – 19 April 1929)[1] was the Dean of Dunedin[2] from 1894 until 1929.[3]
Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, in 1836,[4] Fitchett was ordained in 1879, and graduated MA from the University of Otago in 1882.[5] He was Vicar of All Saints' Church, Dunedin for 49 years, he continued at All Saints as well as being Dean: he was also Archdeacon of Dunedin from 1915 to 1919.
In the 1928 King's Birthday Honours, Fitchett was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[6] He died in Dunedin on 19 April 1929,[7] and was buried in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.[8]
His son, William Fitchett, was Bishop of Dunedin from 1934 to 1952.[9] His daughter, Margaret Fitchett, was an artist.
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