The Selwyn churches were a group of 19th century Anglican churches and chapels in the

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, New Zealand named after

Bishop Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn (5 April 1809 – 11 April 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand (which included Melanesia) from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan (late ...

who inspired their construction. The majority were built in wood in the

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and many were designed by the architect

Frederick Thatcher The Reverend Frederick Thatcher (1814 – 19 October 1890) was an English and New Zealand architect and clergyman. He was born at Hastings to a long-established Sussex family. He practised as an architect in London from 1835 and was one of the ...

. Selwyn churches in the Auckland region: * St Stephen's, Judges Bay (1844) – first St Stephen's chapel * St Andrew's, Epsom (1846–67) * St Thomas's, Tamaki (1847) * St John's Chapel, Meadowbank * All Saints, Howick (1847) * St Mark's, Remuera (1847–60) * St Peter's, Onehunga (1848) * St Barnabas,

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(1848) * St Barnabas, Parnell (1848) * St Matthias', Panmure (1852) * Old St Mary's, Parnell (1855–58) – replaced by St Mary's Cathedral *

St Stephen's Chapel St Stephen's Chapel, sometimes called the Royal Chapel of St Stephen, was a chapel completed around 1297 in the old Palace of Westminster which served as the chamber of the House of Commons of England and that of Great Britain from 1547 to 1834. ...

, Judges Bay (1857) * St James', Mangere (1857) – the only stone church * St John the Baptist, Northcote (1860) * St Bride's, Mauku (1860–61) * All Souls', Clevedon (1861) * Christ Church, Papakura (1862) * St John's, Drury (1862) * Holy Trinity, Otahuhu (1863) – moved in 1928 to become Selwyn Church, Mangere East * St Sepulchre's, Eden Valley (1865–91) * St Peter's in the Forest, Bombay (1867)

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{{Reflist Churches in Auckland Frederick Thatcher buildings