Anglican Diocese of Nelson
The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[1] The Diocese covers the northern part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.
Diocese of Nelson | |
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| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Stephen Maina-Mwangi |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Nelson | |
The diocese was founded in 1858 and the seat of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson.
On August 31 Stephen Maina Mwangi was ordained and installed as Bishop of Nelson Diocese. Following the service Steve was welcomed to Nelson by the Mayor Rachel Reese. It was an occasion filled with joy and wonder at all the good God is doing in Nelson.
Nelson diocese is a noted Evangelical diocese, drawing similarities with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, in Australia.
List of bishops
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
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| 1858 | 1865 | Edmund Hobhouse | |
| 1866 | 1891 | Andrew Burn Suter | |
| 1892 | 1912 | Charles Mules | |
| 1912 | 1934 | William Charles Sadlier | |
| 1934 | 1940 | William George Hilliard | |
| 1940 | 1954 | Percival William Stephenson | |
| 1954 | 1965 | Francis Oag Hulme-Moir | |
| 1965 | 1990 | Peter Eves Sutton | |
| 1990 | 2006 | Derek Lionel Eaton | |
| 2007 | 2018 | Victor Richard Ellena | |
| 2019 | Stephen Maina-Mwangi |
Archdeaconries
In 1866, the sole archdeaconry — of Waimea — was vacant.[2]
- Archdeacon of Waimea[3]
- ?–1859 (res.): R. B. Paul
- 1859–1874: vacant
- 1874–1880 (res.): Thorpe
- 1880–?: C. O. Mules
- 1956–1966 (res.): Harold Ault[4]
- Archdeacon of Wairau[3]
- 1868–1886 (d.): H. F. Butt
- Archdeacon of Māwhera[3]
- 1886–?: Thomas Billing Maclean
References
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. "About". Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 469
- Jacobs, Henry. "Diocese of Nelson" (Part IV, Chapter IV) in Colonial Church Histories: New Zealand (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887) (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019)
- Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Direectory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 50 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019)
