Anglican Diocese of Nelson
The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) 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 Kaikōura.
Diocese of Nelson | |
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| Bishopric | |
 Arms of the Diocese of Nelson | |
| Incumbent: Stephen Maina-Mwangi | |
| Style | The Most Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territory | South Island |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Headquarters | Nelson |
| Coordinates | 41°16′16″S 173°17′09″E |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 25 (date unknown) |
| Information | |
| First holder | Edmund Hobhouse |
| Formation | 1858 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Rite | Evangelical |
| Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Anglican Communion |
| Major Archbishop |
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| Bishop | Stephen Maina-Mwangi |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Diocese was founded in 1858 and the seat of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson.
On 31 August 2019 Stephen Maina-Mwangi was ordained and installed as Bishop of Nelson.
Nelson Diocese is a noted Evangelical diocese, drawing similarities with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, in Australia.
List of bishops
The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Nelson, or any precursor title:
| Bishops of Nelson | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
| 1 | Edmund Hobhouse | 1858 | 1865 | ||
| 2 | Andrew Suter | 1866 | 1891 | ||
| 3 | Charles Mules | 1892 | 1912 | ||
| 4 | William Sadlier | 1912 | 1934 | ||
| 5 | William Hilliard | 1934 | 1940 | ||
| 6 | Percival Stephenson | 1940 | 1954 | ||
| 7 | Frank Hulme-Moir | 1954 | 1965 | ||
| 8 | Peter Sutton | 1965 | 1990 | ||
| 9 | Derek Eaton | 1990 | 2006 | ||
| 10 | Richard Ellena | 2007 | 2018 | ||
| 11 | Steve Maina Mwangi | 31 August 2019 | incumbent | ||
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)
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