Bishop of Aotearoa
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The Bishop of Aotearoa is a bishop
in the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
in the Anglican Church of New Zealand.
List of holders
- The Rt. Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett(1928-1950) - first Māori people Bishop in the Anglican CommunionAnglican CommunionThe Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
- The Rt. Rev. Wiremu Netana Panapa (1951-1968)
- The Rt. Rev. Manuhuia Augustus Bennett (1968-1981) - son of Frederick Augustus Bennett.
- The Rt. Rev. Whakahuihui VercoeWhakahuihui VercoeWhakahuihui "Hui" Vercoe PCNZM MBE was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He was the Archbishop of New Zealand from 2004 to 2006, the first person from the Maori church to hold that office...
(1981-2006) - the first Primate and Archbishop of New ZealandArchbishop of New ZealandThe Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...
from the Maori Church - The Most Rev. William Brown TureiWilliam Brown TureiWilliam Brown Turei is the Archbishop, Te Pihopa o Aotearoa/Bishop of Aotearoa and Primate/Te Pihopa Mataamua of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
(2006-) - the second Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand from the Maori Church