Horace Packe (22 March 1865 – 2 December 1934) was the Archdeacon of Southland from 1913The Timaru Herald, Volume XCVII, Issue 15021, 15 April 1913, Page 7 until 1922.
Packe was born in Shangton on 22 March 1865; educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Worcester College, Oxford"Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886" Foster, J (Ed) Vol III p1055: Oxford, John Parrker, 1891 and deacon in 1891 and priest in 1892. After curacies in Hastings, Darrington and Georgetown he was Chaplain to the Gold Coast Colony then Vicar of Suva.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1082 London, Horace Cox, 1908 He came to New Zealand in 1907 and was Vicar of Wakatipu until his appointment as Archdeacon."Blain's Directory of the Clergy of Dunedin" Copyright the Reverend Dr. Michael Blain, 2003 Reproduced online with permission at
Packe died in Gisborne on 2 December 1934.
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