The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) 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 Kaikōura.
Diocese of Nelson | |
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| Bishopric | |
 Arms of the Diocese of Nelson | |
| Incumbent: Steve Maina | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territory | South Island |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Headquarters | Nelson |
| Coordinates | 41°16′16″S 173°17′09″E / 41.2710°S 173.2857°E |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 25 (date unknown) |
| Information | |
| First holder | Edmund Hobhouse |
| Formation | 1858 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Rite | Evangelical |
| Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Anglican Communion |
| Major Archbishop |
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| Diocesan bishop | Steve Maina |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Diocese was founded in 1858 and the seat of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson.
On 31 August 2019, Steve Maina was ordained and installed as Bishop of Nelson.
Nelson Diocese is a noted Evangelical diocese, drawing similarities with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, in Australia.
List of bishops
editThe following individuals have served as the Bishop of Nelson, or any precursor title:
| Bishops of Nelson | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
| 1 | Edmund Hobhouse | 1858 | 1865 | ||
| 2 | Andrew Suter | 1866 | 1891 | ||
| 3 | Charles Mules | 1892 | 1912 | ||
| 4 | William Sadlier | 1912 | 1934 | ||
| 5 | William Hilliard | 1934 | 1940 | ||
| 6 | Percival Stephenson | 1940 | 1954 | ||
| 7 | Frank Hulme-Moir | 1954 | 1965 | ||
| 8 | Peter Sutton | 1965 | 1990 | ||
| 9 | Derek Eaton | 1990 | 2006 | ||
| 10 | Richard Ellena | 2007 | 2018 | ||
| 11 | Steve Maina | 31 August 2019 | incumbent | ||
Archdeaconries
editIn 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
edit- ^ Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. "About". Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 469
- ^ a b c 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)
- ^ Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 50 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 25 June 2019)
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