What this document is
The Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific is a reference work compiled by the Reverend Michael Blain, with contributions from the Reverend Robert Bruère, covering clergy and deaconesses of the Anglican Church in New Zealand, Polynesia and Melanesia. Entries are organised around each individual's ordination, and the directory deliberately stops at clergy ordained through 1964, excluding anyone who might still be living in order to avoid publishing biographical detail about private individuals.
As a biographical directory rather than a narrative history, its value lies in the accumulation of dates and postings, the kind of detail genealogists, church historians and researchers use to trace a particular cleric's career or to place a name within the wider history of Anglican mission in the South Pacific. It grew out of research associated with Project Canterbury, a long-running project to make historical Anglican documents freely available online.
The directory is maintained today as part of Anglican History, the site that succeeded Project Canterbury's original hosting arrangement, where it remains searchable by name and region.
Where to find it
Available from Anglican History.