{{Short description|New Zealand bishop (1872–1952)}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} '''William Alfred Robertson Fitchett''' (6 February 1872 – 15 August 1952) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He was the Bishop of Dunedin from 1934 to 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stpauls.net.nz/OurHistory |title="Our History", St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin website. |access-date=20 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060219/http://www.stpauls.net.nz/OurHistory |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>''Who was Who 1897–2007'', London, A & C Black, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}.</ref>

Fitchett was born in Christchurch and his father was the Very Reverend Alfred Robertson Fitchett CMG of Dunedin. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge.<ref>{{acad|id=FTCT895WA|name=Fitchett, William Alfred Robertson}}</ref><ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW19021112.2.106&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-all Otago Witness]</ref> Ordained in 1901,<ref>''The Clergy List'', London, Kelly’s 1913.</ref> he was curate then priest in charge of St Thomas' Wellington before being vicar of Dunstan and Roslyn. In 1915 he became the Archdeacon of Dunedin, a post he held for 19 years before being appointed its bishop.<ref>"New Bishop of Dunedin", ''The Times'', 22 February 1934, p. 13.</ref>

Fitchett was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.<ref name="EP">{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | work= Evening Post | accessdate=2 July 2013 | page=4 }}</ref>

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