Diocese of Nelson
Bishopric
Arms of the Diocese of Nelson
Incumbent:
Stephen Maina-Mwangi
StyleThe Most Reverend
Location
CountryNew Zealand
TerritorySouth Island
Ecclesiastical provinceAotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
HeadquartersNelson
Coordinates41°16′16″S 173°17′09″E / 41.2710°S 173.2857°E / -41.2710; 173.2857
Statistics
Parishes25 (date unknown)
Information
First holderEdmund Hobhouse
Formation1858
DenominationAnglican
RiteEvangelical
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral
Current leadership
Parent churchAnglican Communion
Major Archbishop
BishopStephen Maina-Mwangi
Website
www.nelsonanglican.org.nz

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.

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.

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

List of bishops

The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Nelson, or any precursor title:

Bishops of Nelson
Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Notes
1Edmund Hobhouse18581865
2Andrew Suter18661891
3Charles Mules18921912
4William Sadlier19121934
5William Hilliard19341940
6Percival Stephenson19401954
7Frank Hulme-Moir19541965
8Peter Sutton19651990
9Derek Eaton19902006
10Richard Ellena20072018
11Steve Maina Mwangi31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)incumbent

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. 1 2 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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