Victor Richard Ellena (born 15 January 1951 in

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He was the

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of the

Anglican Diocese of Nelson The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the northern part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line dr ...

between 3 February 2007 and his retirement at the end of 2018. He was educated at the University of Canterbury after which he worked as a

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until studying for the Priesthood. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...

an Anglican priest in 1985 and has held incumbencies at Kensington-Otipua, Blenheim and

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, where he was also the area's Archdeacon. He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at 3 February 2007.ACANZP Lectionary, 2019
(p. 145) An Evangelical Anglican, he is a supporter of the

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, having attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in

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, at 19–23 April 2010, and the GAFCON II, in

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

, at 21–26 October 2013.Gafcon looks to the future, 25 October 2013, Church Times, London
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References

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