Jenner Controversy
The episode of Bishop Jenner's appointment to the See of Dunedin is part of the history of the Anglican Communion. It concerns the relationship of the Archbishop of Canterbury to that Communion and the development of synodical government within it. The Queen's Mandate for his consecration referred simply to a Bishop from the colony of New Zealand (it also authorised the consecration of Bishop Suter for Nelson) the request of Bishop Selwyn was for a Bishop to be Bishop of Dunedin. Both the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Selwyn personally addressed Bishop Jenner as Bishop of Dunedin.
While the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand is proud of its history and heritage there is a lingering sense of embarrassment and shame over what came to be known as "The Jenner Controversy" even though the affair took place over a century ago. In the interval, Church historians have mulled over the events which led Bishop Jenner finally and very reluctantly to forego his claims to the See of Dunedin and their conclusions are generally that something less than justice was accorded to the Bishop by the Diocese and the General Synod. Jenner participated in the first Lambeth Conference in 1867 as the Bishop of Dunedin.
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