Sumner, New Zealand was named in 1849 in honour of an Archbishop born in which year?
Sumner, New Zealand Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the then newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association. Originally a separate borough, it was amalgamated with the city of Christchurch as communications improved and the economies of scale made small town boroughs uneconomic to operate.
Ronald Plaistowe Ronald Percy Frank Plaistowe was archdeacon of Timaru from 1953 until 1963; archdeacon of Sumner from 1963 until 1969; and archdeacon of Christchurch from 1968 to 1971.