Edward Gaines

The Most Reverend Edward Russell Gaines
Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand
See	Hamilton, New Zealand
Installed	19 June 1980
Term ended	6 September 1994
Predecessor	Post Created
Successor	Denis George Browne
Other posts	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1976-80)
Orders
Ordination	13 July 1950
Consecration	8 December 1976
Personal details
Born	3 November 1926 Whanganui, New Zealand
Died	6 September 1994 (aged 67)
Nationality	New Zealand
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

Edward Russell Gaines (3 November 1926 — 6 September 1994) was the Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland (1976–1981) and was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand (1980–94).

Born in Whanganui in 1926, Gaines received his secondary education at St. Peter's College, Epsom, conducted by the Christian Brothers. He then went on to study at Holy Name Seminary, Christchurch (operated by the Jesuit order) and Holy Cross College, Mosgiel (operated by the Vincentian order).

Gaines was ordained a Catholic priest on 13 July 1950 by Archbishop James Liston at St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland. On 8 December 1976 he was ordained a Bishop by Bishop John Mackey and served as Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland until 1980. On 19 June 1980 Gaines was appointed as first Bishop of the new Diocese of Hamilton.

Bishop Gaines died on 6 September 1994, aged 67.

References

• Hamilton Catholic Diocese
• Bishop Edward Russell Gaines, Catholic Herarchy website (retrieved 12 February 2011)
• Dominic O'Sullivan and Cynthis Pier (eds), Turanga ngatahi: Standing together: the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, 1840–2005, Dunmore for the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Wellington, 2005.