The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen

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s and ''hui amorangi'' (Maori bishoprics) of the

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. The diocese covers the area from the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the

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. The diocese was established in 1926 as the Diocese of Waikato, with Cecil Arthur Cherrington 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 (since the passage of the ''Shared Diocesan Episcopacy Statute 2007''), with two bishoprics and two co-ordinary (presiding) bishops. That statute was amended in 2017 (before Hartley's translation) to clarify that when one See is vacant, the other bishop also holds that See as sole diocesan bishop — as has been the case since 2018. With the diocese unable to afford two bishops, Richardson established a commission in December 2018 to review the dual-episcopacy arrangement. The seat of the Bishop of Waikato is at St Peter's Cathedral in

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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

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(who has been the archbishop of the New Zealand dioceses since 1 May 2013). Richardson had previously been the only suffragan Bishop in Taranaki in the Waikato diocese from 1999 until the co-diocesan arrangement started in 2008. Since Hartley's translation in 2018, he has been sole diocesan bishop, called Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki.

Bishops of Waikato

* Cecil Cherrington (1926–1951) * John Holland (1951–1968) * Allen Johnston (1968–1980; also

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from 1972) * Brian Davis (1980–1986; also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1986; translated to

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) * Roger Herft (1986–1993) *

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(1993–2013; co-equal diocesan after 2008; senior bishop of the "New Zealand dioceses" from 2006; Co-Presiding Bishop / Pīhopa Aporei, 2006–2008 then Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop, 2008 onwards) *

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(2014–2018; co-equal diocesan) * ''vacant'' (2018–present; Richardson Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki)

Bishops of Taranaki

(co-equal diocesan 2008–present; previously suffragan Bishop in Taranaki, 1999–2008; senior diocese of the New Zealand dioceses, Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop since 2013; Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki since 2018)

Parishes

Piako

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* Katikati * Mangakino * Matamata * Morrinsville *

Paeroa Paeroa is a town in the Hauraki District of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou River and Ohinemuri River, and is approximately 20 kilo ...

* Putāruru * Tamahere * Te Aroha * Tīrau * Tokoroa * Waihi *

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* Whangamatā

Taranaki

* Bell Block *Brooklands *Eltham-Kaponga *Fitzroy *Hāwera *Inglewood *Manaia * Okato * Opunake *Patea *

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* Stratford * Waitara *Waverley-Waitotara *West

Waikato

*Bryant Park *

- St Peters Cathedral *Chartwell *Claudelands *Forest Lake - Holy Trinity Church *West Hamilton *Hamilton East *Hillcrest *Huntly *Melville *Nawton * Ngāruawāhia *

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*Te Kauwhata

Waitomo

*Kawhia *Orakau *Otorohanga *Piopio-Aria-Mokau *Taumarunui * Te Awamutu *Te Kuiti

References

External links

Diocese of Waikato & Taranaki website

St Peter's Cathedral website
Christian organizations established in 1926 Waikato Waikato Christianity in Hamilton, New Zealand {{NewZealand-stub