Sir Dudley Tuti,

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(1919–2006) was the inaugural Bishop of Ysabel, one of the eight dioceses that make up the Anglican Church of Melanesia. Uka educated at St Mary's School, Maravovo; Te Aute College, Hawkes Bay; and

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. He was ordained deacon in 1946 and priest in 1954. He was also a teacher, firstly at All Hallows' School, Ugi. He was

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of Vureas School in the New Hebrides then Litogahira Boys School in Isabel. He became Rural Dean of Isabel; a member of the Advisory Council of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate; and Chairman of the Isabel Education Committee. He was consecrated

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at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Honiara by Alfred Hill,

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on 30 November 1963. He was also

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of the Central Solomon Islands from 1968 to 1975; and Vicar general of the Diocese of Melanesia from 1971 to 1975. Tuti has a school named after him in

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, which is at the south eastern end of

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in his former diocese.

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1919 births 2006 deaths People educated at Te Aute College People from Isabel Province People educated at St John's College, Auckland Anglican archdeacons Anglican assistant bishops of Melanesia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Oceania Anglican bishops of Ysabel Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Solomon Islands Anglican priests Solomon Islands knights {{Solomons-bio-stub