On this bit from an earlier post:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Satyanand
By the way, it's apparent that wasn't "opportunism" that made him or his parents catholic. A late 80s/early 90s German-translated Czechoslovakian book in my possession on country demographics says clearly that, while Australia is predominantly Lutheran, New Zealand is predominantly Anglican. (I can't bother getting out the book to work out what exact percentages the word "predominant" refers to, but clearly it means it's not a catholic country.) So if Satyanand merely wanted to get him accepted or get to the top fast, he'd have chosen something that wouldn't have made the Anglican church/Anglican British-origins as uncomfortable as catholicism does.
And this in turn would imply that Satyanand is very much a believer.
Why the "catholicism" of an appointed person is relevant to the british queen/monarchy/UK (i.e. what it has to do with the psychology of Britain).
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List updated to include New Zealand. Members see if I missed any names.
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New Zealand
Governor General Anand Satyanand, represents official Head - Queen Elizabeth II (since August 2006)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Satyanand
Quote:Satyanand was born and raised in Auckland to an Indo-Fijian and Anglo-Indian family. His grandparents arrived in Fiji from India in 1911, and were married on Nukulau Island. His father, Mutyala Satyanand, a medical doctor, was born in Sigatoka in 1913 and arrived in New Zealand in 1927 to attend high school.[3] His mother Tara Tillak was a nurse from Suva. She married his father after moving to New Zealand.
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Satyanand married Susan Sharpe in Auckland in 1970. She was born in Sydney, Australia in 1947 and moved to New Zealand with her family in 1955. He and his wife have three adult children. [7]
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Governor-General of New Zealand
Satyanand was appointed by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand,[9] on the advice of Prime Minister Helen Clark. He replaced Dame Silvia Cartwright as Governor-General of New Zealand on 23 August 2006. His appointment was welcomed by every Parliamentary party leader.[10] He is the first Governor-General of Indian descent and the first [color="#FF0000"]Roman Catholic[/color] Governor-General.[1]
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^ a b "Queen approves Catholic for new Kiwi GG". Catholic News. 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
(An incident as noteworthy as the catholic Kennedy being allowed in power in the US.)
By the way, it's apparent that wasn't "opportunism" that made him or his parents catholic. A late 80s/early 90s German-translated Czechoslovakian book in my possession on country demographics says clearly that, while Australia is predominantly Lutheran, New Zealand is predominantly Anglican. (I can't bother getting out the book to work out what exact percentages the word "predominant" refers to, but clearly it means it's not a catholic country.) So if Satyanand merely wanted to get him accepted or get to the top fast, he'd have chosen something that wouldn't have made the Anglican church/Anglican British-origins as uncomfortable as catholicism does.
And this in turn would imply that Satyanand is very much a believer.
Why the "catholicism" of an appointed person is relevant to the british queen/monarchy/UK (i.e. what it has to do with the psychology of Britain).