Diocese of Vanuatu and New Caledonia
The Diocese of Vanuatu and New Caledonia is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
It is one of the four original founding dioceses of the Church, erected in 1975[1] as the Diocese of New Hebrides[2] and inaugurated in 1975 at Lolowai on Aoba Island. The diocese has eight regions and 39 parishes and is headquartered in Luganville.
List of bishops
Bishops of New Hebrides, of Vanuatu, and of Vanuatu and New Caledonia | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1975 | 1978 | Derek Rawcliffe | First bishop; previously assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia since 1974; then called Bishop of the New Hebrides. |
1978 | 1989 | Harry Tevi | Second bishop. |
1990 | 2000 | Michael Tavoa | Third bishop; consecrated and installed on 21 April 1990.[3] |
2000 | 2006 | Hugh Blessing-Boe | Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 29 June 2000.[4] |
2006 | present | James Ligo | Fifth bishop;[5] called Bishop of Vanuatu and New Caledonia. |
References
- ↑ Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita (Accessed 4 September 2016)
- ↑ Anglican Communion — Melanesian Messenger Online, November 4, 2004 (Archived 5 July 2007; archive accessed 5 September 2016)
- ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 16. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 25. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 31. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
Sources
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