HAGENS, J. Marvin, Rev (1935-2022)
Assembly memorial minute, 2022
Note the passing of Rev J Marvin Hagans and insert into the Assembly record this memorial minute of the General Assembly’s sincere gratitude for his faithful gospel service to the church:
The Presbytery of South West Victoria sadly recorded the death of Rev J Marvin Hagans, who passed away 7 March 2022 at the age of 87 after a prolonged illness.
Marvin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in October 1935. He was educated in Belfast and then trained as a teacher, followed by training for the ministry. He completed a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Divinity degrees in Dublin, then Master of Theology from Queens University in Belfast.
He was known as an elite rugby player which he enjoyed. In 1958, he married Margaret Critchley in Glasgow, who later qualified as a minister for the Anglican Church in Australia. They were most happily married for 63 years and have four surviving children: two sons Jonathan and Stephen and two daughters Rhoda and Carys.
In 1968, the family migrated to Fremantle Australia, as Marvin was called to Scots Church, Fremantle, then Canterbury Presbyterian Church in Melbourne (1970–1979.) In 1979, the family returned to Northern Ireland as he was called by the Seaview Presbyterian Church Belfast where he remained until 1986 when St David's Uniting Church Newtown, Geelong, called him.
Upon petition to the General Assembly of Australia for recognition by the Presbyterian Church, the GAA received him back into the PCA in 2004. The Presbytery of Geelong inducted him to the Appointment Parish of Colac in November of 2004 where he remained until his retirement. Following his death in 2022, a thanksgiving service was conducted in Colac by Rev Allan Harman and Rev John Cromarty. He is fondly remembered and sadly missed by his many parishioners and friends.
Gender
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