The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The

Diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of

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, including

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

, Taupo, Gisborne,

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and Napier. It is named for the

Waiapu River The Waiapu River is a river in the Gisborne District of the North Island of New Zealand, with a total length of approximately . Found in the north-east of the Waiapu Valley, it flows north-east from the joining of the Mata River and the Tapuaer ...

. The diocese was established in 1858. The seat of the Bishop is the Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier. William Williams was appointed the first Bishop of Waiapu. His son, Leonard Williams, and grandson, Herbert Williams, also held the position. The most recently departed Bishop of Waiapu was David Rice, who was Bishop of Waiapu from 2008–2014, and who departed to become Bishop of San Joaquin in California.

Andrew Hedge Andrew William Lindsay Hedge CStJ (born in Papatoetoe, 1972) is the current Anglican Bishop of Waiapu in New Zealand. Hedge was ordained in 1998. After a curacy at All Saint's Howick, he was Chaplain at Kings School, Auckland; and Vicar of C ...

is the current bishop, having been installed on St Luke's Day, 18 October 2014.

Bishops

* 1859–1876: William Williams * 1877–1894: Edward Stuart * 1895–1909: Leonard Williams * 1910–1914:

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* 1914–1929: William Sedgwick ** from 1928 until the 1970s, the Bishop of Aotearoa was a suffragan bishop of Waiapu * 1930–1937: Herbert Williams * 1938–1944: George Gerard * 1945–1946: George Cruickshank * 1947–1971: Norman Lesser (also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961) * 1971–1979:

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* 1979–1983: Ralph Matthews * 1983–1990:

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** 1989–2005: George Connor, assistant bishop; Regional Bishop "Bishop in the Bay of Plenty" (translated to

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; Convening Bishop of the New Zealand dioceses, 1998–2006 and Co-Presiding Bishop / Pīhopa Aporei (Pākehā), 2004–2006) * 1991–2002: Murray Mills * 2002–2008: John Bluck * 2008–2014: David Rice * 2014–present:

Archdeaconries

In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: A. N. Brown was Archdeacon of Tauranga and Leonard Williams of Waiapu.''The Clergy List for 1866'' (London: George Cox, 1866
p. 468
/ref> :Archdeacon of Waiapu Jacobs, Henry. "Diocese of Waiapu" (Part IV, Chapter V) in ''Colonial Church Histories: New Zealand'' (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887) (Accessed a
Project Canterbury
25 June 2019) *1862–?: Leonard Williams *David Ruddock :Archdeacon of Tauranga *?–1884 (d.): Alfred Brown * Samuel Williams

References

External links

Waiapu Anglicans
– official website of the Diocese of Waiapu
Diocese of Waiapu
on the official website of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia {{Coord, -39.4944, 176.9165, region:NZ-HKB_type:landmark, display=title Religious organizations established in 1858 Waiapu 1858 establishments in New Zealand