Diocese of Waikato
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The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is a church of the Anglican Communion serving New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands...

. The Diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 covers the area between the Waikato
Waikato
The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...

 to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki
Mount Taranaki
Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Although the mountain is more commonly referred to as Taranaki, it has two official names under the alternative names policy of the New Zealand...

 in the North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...

 of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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The diocese was established in 1926, as the Diocese of Waikato, with Cecil Arthur Cherrington
Cecil Arthur Cherrington
The Rt Rev Cecil Arthur Cherrington was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at London University. Ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at St Chad’s, Liverpool...

 being the first Bishop. In 2010, the name of the Diocese was changed to the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. This reflects the structure of the diocese, with two bishoprics and two co-presiding bishops.

The seat of the Bishop of Waikato is at St Peter's Cathedral in Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

. The incumbent Bishop of Waikato is Archbishop David Moxon
David Moxon
David Moxon is the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, Co-presiding Bishop and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.-Education:...

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The seat of the Bishop of Taranaki is at the Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary. The incumbent Bishop of Taranaki is Bishop Phillip Richardson.

Bishops of Waikato

  • Cecil Arthur Cherrington
    Cecil Arthur Cherrington
    The Rt Rev Cecil Arthur Cherrington was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at London University. Ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at St Chad’s, Liverpool...

     (1926–1951)
  • John Tristram Holland
    John Tristram Holland
    The Rt Rev John Tristram Holland, OBE was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century . He was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Durham School and University College, Oxford . Ordained in 1936, his first post was a curacy at St Peter’s, Huddersfield...

     (1951–1968)
  • Allen Howard Johnston
    Allen Howard Johnston
    Allen Howard Johnston CMG was an Anglican bishop.Johnston was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College and St John's College, Auckland before beginning his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Mark’s Remuera. He then had incumbencies at Dargaville,...

     (1968–1980)
  • Brian Newton Davis (1980–1986)
  • Roger Adrian Herft (1986–1993)
  • David Moxon
    David Moxon
    David Moxon is the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, Co-presiding Bishop and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.-Education:...

     (1993–)

Piako

  • Cambridge
    Cambridge, New Zealand
    Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions".In the 1840s Cambridge had a Maori population but in the 1850's missionaries and...

  • Katikati
    Katikati
    Katikati is a town located on the Uretara Stream near the tidal inlet opened by Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The nearest city is Tauranga, which is 40 kilometres to the southeast. Katikati lies 28 kilometres south of Waihi.Katikati was settled in 1875 by settlers from County...

  • Mangakino
    Mangakino
    Mangakino is a small town on the banks of the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the hydroelectric power station at Lake Maraetai, southeast of Hamilton. Its population in 2001 was 1257...

  • Matamata
    Matamata
    Matamata is a rural Waikato town in New Zealand with a population of around 12,000 . It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits...

  • Morrinsville
    Morrinsville
    Morrinsville is a town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The land for the town and surrounding farmland was purchased from Wirimu Tamehana,the king maker prior to the NZ land wars of the 1860s. The land then was very swampy...

  • Paeroa
    Paeroa
    Paeroa is a small town in New Zealand, in the northern Waikato region of the Thames Valley. Located at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers, 20 kilometres from the coast at the Firth of Thames...

  • Putaruru
    Putaruru
    Putaruru is a small town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is on the Oraka River 65 kilometres south-east of Hamilton....

  • Te Aroha
    Te Aroha
    Te Aroha is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,768 . It is 53 km northeast of Hamilton and 50 km south of Thames. It sits at the foot of 952-metre Mount Te Aroha, the highest point in the Kaimai Range....

  • Tirau
    Tirau
    Tirau is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. The town has a population of 732 . Tirau is primarily a farming town but in recent years has begun to exploit the income that comes from being on a major road...

  • Tokoroa
    Tokoroa
    Tokoroa is the third-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato district. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is mid-way between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway One...

  • Waihi
    Waihi
    Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. It had a population of 4,503 at the 2006 census....

  • Waihi Beach
    Waihi Beach
    Waihi Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 10 kilometres to the east of the town of Waihi, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula. Waihi Beach has 10 kilometres of white sand linking it to the small settlement of Bowentown...

  • Whangamata
    Whangamata
    The town of Whangamata is sited on the southeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 30 kilometres north of Waihi, to the north of the western extremity of the Bay of Plenty....


Taranaki

  • Bell Block
    Bell Block
    Bell Block is a town in Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. It is 6 km north-east of the centre of New Plymouth and 1 km from the outer edge of New Plymouth at Waiwhakaiho. Waitara is about 9 km to the north-east...

  • Brooklands
  • Eltham-Kaponga
  • Fitzroy
  • Hawera
  • Inglewood
  • Manaia
  • Okato
    Okato
    Okato is a small township in rural Taranaki, New Zealand. The population was 531 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 12 from 2001. It is situated about 25 minutes drive around the coast from New Plymouth on State Highway 45. Oakura is 12 km to the north-east, and Warea is 9 km to the...

  • Opunake
    Opunake
    Opunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of New Plymouth. Rahotu is 16 km to the northwest. Manaia is 29 km to the southeast. State Highway 45 passes through the town.The population was 1368 in the...

  • Patea
  • New Plymouth
    New Plymouth
    New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

  • Stratford
    Stratford, New Zealand
    Stratford is the only town in the central Taranaki district of Stratford District, New Zealand. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximately half-way between New Plymouth and Hawera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki region. The town has a population of...

  • Waitara
    Waitara, New Zealand
    Waitara is the name of a town and a river in the northern part of the Taranaki Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Waitara is located just off State Highway 3, 15 km northeast of New Plymouth....

  • Waverley-Waitotara
  • West New Plymouth
    New Plymouth
    New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....


Waikato
Waikato
The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...

  • Bryant Park
  • Hamilton
    Hamilton, New Zealand
    Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

     - St Peters Cathedral
  • Chartwell
  • Claudelands
  • Forest Lake - Holy Trinity Church
  • West Hamilton
  • Hamilton East
  • Hillcrest
  • Huntly
  • Melville
  • Nawton
  • Ngaruawahia
    Ngaruawahia
    Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers...

  • Raglan
  • Tamahere
  • Te Kauwhata

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