Winston Halapua (born 1945) is a Tongan-born Fijian retired

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

bishop and academic. Consecrated a bishop on 10 April 2005, he served as suffragan/assistant bishop of the

Diocese of Polynesia The Diocese of Polynesia, or the Tikanga Pasefika serves Anglicans in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands, within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese's first bishop was consecrated in 1908. The diocese's c ...

, for Polynesians in mainland

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until 2010, when he became diocesan bishop of that Diocese. In becoming

Bishop of Polynesia The Diocese of Polynesia, or the Tikanga Pasefika serves Anglicans in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands, within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese's first bishop was consecrated in 1908. The diocese's c ...

, he automatically became Senior Bishop of Tikanga Pasefika and therefore

Archbishop of New Zealand Primate of New Zealand is a title held by a bishop who leads the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Since 2006, the Senior Bishop of each '' tikanga'' (Māori, Pākehā, Pasefika) serves automatically as one of three co-equal ...

& Primate of the

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(one of three co-equal incumbents). On his retirement in August 2018, he was granted the honorary title "archbishop emeritus".ACANZP Lectionary, 2019
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Selected works

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halapua, Winston Living people Tongan Anglican bishops Anglican bishops of Polynesia 1945 births Fijian Anglicans Tongan expatriates in Fiji 21st-century Anglican archbishops in New Zealand Bishops in the Cook Islands