# Allan Pyatt

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{{Short description|New Zealand bishop (1916–1991)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Bishop
| name = Allan Pyatt
| title = Bishop of Christchurch
| honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend
}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
'''William Allan Pyatt''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[CBE](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)}} (known as Allan; also spelled Alan or Allen; 4 November 1916 – 24 November 1991), was [Bishop of Christchurch](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Christchurch) in the [Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia](/source/Anglican_Church_in_Aotearoa%2C_New_Zealand_and_Polynesia) from 1966 to 1983.<ref>[http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz/Publications/1997/PublicArtInChristchurch/appendix5.asp Public art in Christchurch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018020644/http://www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz/Publications/1997/PublicArtInChristchurch/appendix5.asp |date=18 October 2008 }}</ref>

He was born on 4 November 1916<ref name="DNZB Pyatt">{{DNZB|last=Brown|first=Colin |id=5P42|title=Pyatt, William Allan|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref> and educated at Christchurch Technical College and the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland).<ref>[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who) 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}</ref>  He served with the [Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force](/source/2_NZEF) throughout the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) and was ordained in 1946.<ref>[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory)1975–76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> After a [curacy](/source/Curate) at [St Luke's Church, Cannock](/source/St_Luke's_Church%2C_Cannock) he had [incumbencies](/source/Vicar) in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn%2C_Wellington), [Hāwera](/source/H%C4%81wera) then [Wellington](/source/Wellington). From 1962 until his ordination to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate) in 1966 he was [Dean](/source/Dean_(religion)) of [ChristChurch Cathedral](/source/ChristChurch_Cathedral).

Pyatt retired in November 1983.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/47#idx16582 |title = Proceedings of the General Synod: 46th General Synod, 1984}}</ref> In the [1985 New Year Honours](/source/1985_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)), he was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49970 |date=31 December 1984 |page=2 |supp=2}}</ref> He died on 24 November 1991.

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{{s-bef|before=[Alwyn Warren](/source/Alwyn_Warren_(bishop))}}
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{{s-aft|after=[Maurice Goodall](/source/Maurice_Goodall)}}
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Category:1916 births
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Category:People from Gisborne, New Zealand
Category:People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:New Zealand military personnel of World War II
Category:Deans of Christchurch
Category:Anglican bishops of Christchurch
Category:New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

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