Diocese of Temotu

The Diocese of Temotu is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, founded in 1981. Three of the diocese's six bishops have gone on to become three of the Church's six archbishops.

List of bishops

Bishops of Temotu
From Until Incumbent Notes
1981 1987 Amos Waiaru First bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1988.
1987 ? Lazarus Munamua Second bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 September 1987.[1]
? 2009 David Vunagi Third bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 2009.
? 2016 George Takeli Fourth bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 2016.
2016 present Leonard Dawea Fifth bishop; elected on 21 June 2016.[2]
? present Alfred Hou the assistant bishop

References

  1. ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) pp. 14–15. (Accessed 25 August 2016)
  2. ↑ Anglican Church of Melanesia — ACOM elects new Bishop for DOT (Accessed 31 August 2016)

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