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Sass was the first Danish Lutheran pastor in New Zealand. Originally in charge of the Scandinavian churches in Queensland, he came over to New Zealand to minister to the 7000 or so Lutherans in the Taranaki, Manawatu, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay in 1878. He frequently visited the Danish Lutheran congregation at Mauriceville, where a church was opened in August 1884.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2011P_PETERSENMv29_005930
Title
Reverend George Sass
Relation
CA: Petersen Collection
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Wairarapa Region
Date
circa 1880

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
head-shot,
moustache,
photographs,
religion,
rural towns and life,
Community Tags
test,

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