Diocese of Temotu

The Diocese of Temotu is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, founded in 1981. Three of the diocese's six bishops have gone on to become three of the Church's six archbishops.

Temotu Province is the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands. The province was formerly known as Santa Cruz Islands Province.

List of bishops

Bishops of Temotu
From Until Incumbent Notes
1981 1987 Amos Waiaru First bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1988.
1987 ? Lazarus Munamua Second bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 September 1987.[1]
1999 2009 David Vunagi Third bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 2009.
? 2016 George Takeli Fourth bishop; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 2016.
2016 2019 Leonard Dawea Fifth bishop; became Archbishop

References

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