Isaac Richards

Isaac Richards (11 February 1859 – 10 May 1936) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand from 1920 to 1934.

Life and church career Richards was born in Tavistock, Devon, He was ordained in 1882. He became curate of St Paul's, Truro, in 1883, and married Gertrude Oxland in 1885. They migrated to New Zealand in 1886 when he became vicar of St Mark's, Remuera, in Auckland. His most successful match was against the touring New South Wales team in early 1890, when, batting in the middle order, he made 25 (Auckland's top score in the first innings) and 29. He continued playing club cricket after he moved to Dunedin in 1895.

Publications Richards wrote several pamphlets on church matters and two books: The Church in Danger, or, The General Synod and the Constitution (1912) The Lord and Giver of Life: Addresses on the presence of the Holy Spirit in the world and in the church (1916)