Research Catalog

Title

James Michael Liston : a life / Nicholas Reid.

Author

Reid, Nicholas, 1951-

Publication

Wellington, N.Z. : Victoria University Press, 2006.

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Details

Description

412 p. : ill., ports; 24 cm.

Summary

When James Michael Liston died at the age of 95 on 8 July 1976, he had been a Catholic priest for 72 years. Coadjutor-Bishop of Auckland from 1920 to 1929 and bishop in his own right from 1929 to 1970, he was the leader of New Zealand's most populous Catholic diocese for half a century, and was the recipient of many New Zealand and international honours. Nicholas Reid's biography gives a full account of Liston's work within the New Zealand church, and his huge contribution to its development. It also pays frank and fascinating attention to the controversial aspects of his career. The first of these is his early commitment to the cause of Irish independence, and his trial for sedition in 1922. The second is the tension that arose around his conservative opinions and personal style towards the end of his very long career, when, as the late Michael King wrote, 'Liston's growing conservatism and "creeping infallibility" imposed stress on his colleagues and the priests of his diocese'... Richly illustrated and accessibly written, it is a splendid account of one of the most important figures in New Zealand church - and general - history.

Alternative Title

Liston

Subjects

• Biographies
• Bishops > New Zealand > Auckland > Biography
• Catholic Church New Zealand > Auckland > Bishops > Biography
• Liston, James, 1881-1976

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-398) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780864735362 (pbk)
• 0864735367 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2006494201

OCLC

• 78782602
• SCSB-11408367

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library