Wai Quayle

Waitohiariki Quayle (born 1950, Gladstone, New-Zealand) is a Māori Anglican bishop. Since 2019, she has served as Bishop of Upoko o Te Ika in the Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa. This makes her the first female Māori bishop in the Anglican Church, and the first woman born in New Zealand to become a bishop in the Anglican Communion.[1][2]

Biography

She was born in Gladstone. Her father was Anglican and her mother a Mormon.[3] She has links with both Ngāti Kahungunu and Whakatohea tribes.[3]

Having been ordained a deacon in 2013 and a priest in 2014, she was Archdeacon of Wairarapa from 2015 to 2019.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "First Māori Woman Appointed as Bishop". 2019-05-03.
  2. "Waitohiariki Quayle is the world's first Māori woman bishop | RNZ News". Radionz.co.nz. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  3. "History made in New Zealand as first indigenous woman elected to serve as bishop". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. "Waitohiariki Quayle is the world's first Māori woman bishop". Radio New Zealand. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. Coltman, Karen (13 September 2019). "'Wai' now Bishop Quayle". Wairarapa Times Age. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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