David Rice was the 15th

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of Waiapu. He was consecrated on 7 June 2008. An American, he was previously

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. Born in

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, he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and

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. Initially a

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minister, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the

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. He resigned the bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in California, where he now serves.''David Rice elected, seated as bishop provisional''
, Episcopal News Service, March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014

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