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.[1] The Diocese covers the northern part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.

Diocese of Nelson
Statistics
Parishes25
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral, Nelson
Current leadership
BishopStephen Maina-Mwangi
Website
Diocese of Nelson

The diocese was founded in 1858 and the seat of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson.

On 31 August 2019 Stephen Maina Mwangi was ordained and installed as Bishop of Nelson Diocese.

Nelson diocese is a noted Evangelical diocese, drawing similarities with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, in Australia.

List of bishops

From Until Incumbent Notes
1858 1865 Edmund Hobhouse
1866 1891 Andrew Suter
1892 1912 Charles Mules
1912 1934 William Sadlier
1934 1940 William Hilliard
1940 1954 Percival Stephenson
1954 1965 Frank Hulme-Moir
1965 1990 Peter Sutton
1990 2006 Derek Eaton
2007 2018 Richard Ellena
2019 present Steve Maina Mwangi

Archdeaconries

In 1866, the sole archdeaconry — of Waimea — was vacant.[2]

Archdeacon of Waimea[3]
  • ?–1859 (res.): R. B. Paul
  • 1859–1874: vacant
  • 1874–1880 (res.): Thorpe
  • 1880–?: C. O. Mules
  • 1956–1966 (res.): Harold Ault[4]
Archdeacon of Wairau[3]
  • 1868–1886 (d.): H. F. Butt
Archdeacon of Māwhera[3]
  • 1886–?: Thomas Billing Maclean

References

  1. Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. "About". Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  2. The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 469
  3. Jacobs, Henry. "Diocese of Nelson" (Part IV, Chapter IV) in Colonial Church Histories: New Zealand (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1887) (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019)
  4. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Direectory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 50 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019)



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