Sir Ellison Leslie Pogo

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(also Pogolamana; 1948 – 13 May 2013) was a Solomon Islands

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bishop. He was the

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and Bishop of Central Melanesia from 1994 until December 9, 2008. He was the third Archbishop of Melanesia, following Amos Waiaru. He was married to Roslyn and had three adult children. Pogo was educated at

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and

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in 1979. After an early post at Anderson's Bay,

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he was Bishop of Ysabel in the

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until his

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. He was installed as Archbishop of Melanesia on 17 April 1994. Pogo was the senior primate of the

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until his

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and chairman of the design group of the 2008

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, and Chairman of

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.Visit of Archbishop of Canterbury
He was also one of the few Anglican

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to have been

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awarded him the

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in October 2008.

References

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