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{{Short description|Anglican archbishop; Governor-General of Solomon Islands (2019-present)}} |
{{Short description|Anglican archbishop; Governor-General of Solomon Islands (2019-present)}} |
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| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] [[the Right Reverend]] |
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] [[the Right Reverend]] |
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| name = Sir David Vunagi |
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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG|size=100%}} |
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG|size=100%}} |
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| office2 = [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]] |
| office2 = [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]] |
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| term_start2 = 7 July 2019 |
| term_start2 = 7 July 2019 |
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| monarch2 = [[Elizabeth II]] |
| monarch2 = [[Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Charles III]] |
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| primeminister2 = [[Manasseh Sogavare]] |
| primeminister2 = [[Manasseh Sogavare]] |
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| predecessor2 = [[Frank Kabui|Sir Frank Kabui]] |
| predecessor2 = [[Frank Kabui|Sir Frank Kabui]] |
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| title3 = [[Archbishop of Melanesia]]<br />Bishop of Central Melanesia |
| title3 = [[Archbishop of Melanesia]]<br />Bishop of Central Melanesia |
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| image = Sir David Vunagi, Governor General of Solomon Islands.jpg |
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| caption = Vunagi in 2020 |
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| term3 = 2009–2017 |
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| predecessor3 = [[Ellison Pogo|Sir Ellison Pogo]] |
| predecessor3 = [[Ellison Pogo|Sir Ellison Pogo]] |
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| successor3 = [[George Takeli]] |
| successor3 = [[George Takeli]] |
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'''Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3378370|title = CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | the Gazette}}</ref> (born 5 September |
'''Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3378370|title = CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | the Gazette}}</ref> (born 5 September 1951),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexv.html|title = Index V}}</ref> is a retired [[Solomon Islands]] Anglican bishop and incumbent [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands|governor-general of Solomon Islands]]. He was the [[archbishop of Melanesia]] and bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from 2009 to 2015. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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He returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel. In 1999, he went back to teaching at the Selwyn College, where he was principal. He became Mission Secretary at the Provincial Headquarters of the Church of Melanesia, in 2000. Vunagi was elected the same year Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu, which he was until 2009. He was consecrated as a bishop and installed as the third Bishop of Temotu on 6 May 2001.<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/COM_archives.pdf List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands)] p. 26. (Accessed 25 August 2016)</ref> |
He returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel. In 1999, he went back to teaching at the Selwyn College, where he was principal. He became Mission Secretary at the Provincial Headquarters of the Church of Melanesia, in 2000. Vunagi was elected the same year Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu, which he was until 2009. He was consecrated as a bishop and installed as the third Bishop of Temotu on 6 May 2001.<ref>[http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/COM_archives.pdf List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands)] p. 26. (Accessed 25 August 2016)</ref> |
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He was elected the 5th Archbishop and Primate of the [[Church of the Province of Melanesia]] on 4 March 2009, in a Provincial electoral board, held in [[Honiara]], being enthroned on 31 May 2009.<ref>[http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2009/03/anglican-church-of-melanesia-elects-new-archbishop.aspx Anglican Church of Melanesia elects new Archbishop, 6 March 2009, Anglican Communion News Service]</ref><ref> |
He was elected the 5th Archbishop and Primate of the [[Church of the Province of Melanesia]] on 4 March 2009, in a Provincial electoral board, held in [[Honiara]], being enthroned on 31 May 2009.<ref>[http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2009/03/anglican-church-of-melanesia-elects-new-archbishop.aspx Anglican Church of Melanesia elects new Archbishop, 6 March 2009, Anglican Communion News Service]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/a_very_godly_order_response_to_ephraim_r/P157 |title=The Anglican Church of Melanesia has a new Archbishop, Global South Anglican Online, 9 March 2009 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724001221/http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/comments/a_very_godly_order_response_to_ephraim_r/P157 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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He attended the [[Global South (Anglican)|Global South]] Fourth Encounter, in [[Singapore]], from 19–23 April 2010, and was also represented at the Global South Conference that took place in [[Bangkok]], from 18–20 July 2012.<ref> |
He attended the [[Global South (Anglican)|Global South]] Fourth Encounter, in [[Singapore]], from 19–23 April 2010, and was also represented at the Global South Conference that took place in [[Bangkok]], from 18–20 July 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/blog/comments/communique_of_the_global_south_primates_bangkok_thailand_20_july_2012 |title=Communiqué of the Global South Primates Bangkok, Thailand, 20 July 2012, Global South Anglican Online, 21 July 2012 |access-date=9 June 2015 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724001247/http://www.globalsouthanglican.org/index.php/blog/comments//communique_of_the_global_south_primates_bangkok_thailand_20_july_2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Archbishop Vunagi left office on 6 September 2015, in a ceremony that took place at St. Barnabas Cathedral, in [[Honiara]], attended by the nine bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. He was succeeded as acting Primate by Nathan Tome, Bishop of [[Guadalcanal]], the senior bishop of the province, until the election of the new Primate on 12 February 2016.<ref> |
Archbishop Vunagi left office on 6 September 2015, in a ceremony that took place at St. Barnabas Cathedral, in [[Honiara]], attended by the nine bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. He was succeeded as acting Primate by Nathan Tome, Bishop of [[Guadalcanal]], the senior bishop of the province, until the election of the new Primate on 12 February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conger |first=George |date=2015-09-11 |title=Solomon Islands archbishop steps down |url=https://anglican.ink/2015/09/10/solomon-islands-archbishop-steps-down/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Anglican Ink © 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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In June 2019, he became the only candidate to be the next [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]], the Queen's viceregal representative in the country, and officially took office on 7 July 2019. |
In June 2019, he became the only candidate to be the next [[Governor-General of Solomon Islands]], the Queen's viceregal representative in the country, and officially took office on 7 July 2019. |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Archbishop Vunagi is married to Mary Vunagi, the second child of Bishop |
Archbishop Vunagi is married to Mary Vunagi, the second child of Bishop [[Dudley Tuti]], and has three children. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 19:47, 5 March 2024
Sir David Vunagi | |
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Governor-General of Solomon Islands | |
Assumed office 7 July 2019 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Manasseh Sogavare |
Preceded by | Sir Frank Kabui |
Archbishop of Melanesia Bishop of Central Melanesia | |
In office 2009–2017 | |
Preceded by | Sir Ellison Pogo |
Succeeded by | George Takeli |
Personal details | |
Born | Samasodu, Santa Isabel Island, Isabel Province, British Solomon Islands | 5 September 1951
Spouse | Mary Tuti |
Children | Dudley, Rusila and Douglas |
Alma mater | University of the South Pacific (GrDip) St John's College, Auckland (BT) University of Papua New Guinea (MB) Vancouver School of Theology (MT) |
Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi, GCMG[1] (born 5 September 1951),[2] is a retired Solomon Islands Anglican bishop and incumbent governor-general of Solomon Islands. He was the archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from 2009 to 2015.
Early life and education
Vunagi was born in Samasodu, on Santa Isabel Island (Isabel Province), in what was then the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. He studied at KGVI Secondary School, from 1968 to 1973. He achieved a Diploma of Education in Science at the University of the South Pacific in 1976, and a M.B. of Education in Biology at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1982. Before serving as a priest, he was a teacher at the government school at KGVI and at the Selwyn College of the Church of Melanesia. Vunagi earned a Bachelor of Theology at St John's College, Auckland, in 1990. He earned a Master of Theology at the Vancouver School of Theology in 1998.
Career
He was a teacher at the Bishop Patteson Theological College Kohimarama, in Solomon Islands, in 1992.
Vunagi later moved to Canada, where he was assistant priest at St. Anselm's Parish in the Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, from 1996 to 1998.
He returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel. In 1999, he went back to teaching at the Selwyn College, where he was principal. He became Mission Secretary at the Provincial Headquarters of the Church of Melanesia, in 2000. Vunagi was elected the same year Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu, which he was until 2009. He was consecrated as a bishop and installed as the third Bishop of Temotu on 6 May 2001.[3]
He was elected the 5th Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of Melanesia on 4 March 2009, in a Provincial electoral board, held in Honiara, being enthroned on 31 May 2009.[4][5]
He attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, from 19–23 April 2010, and was also represented at the Global South Conference that took place in Bangkok, from 18–20 July 2012.[6]
Archbishop Vunagi left office on 6 September 2015, in a ceremony that took place at St. Barnabas Cathedral, in Honiara, attended by the nine bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. He was succeeded as acting Primate by Nathan Tome, Bishop of Guadalcanal, the senior bishop of the province, until the election of the new Primate on 12 February 2016.[7]
In June 2019, he became the only candidate to be the next Governor-General of Solomon Islands, the Queen's viceregal representative in the country, and officially took office on 7 July 2019.
Personal life
Archbishop Vunagi is married to Mary Vunagi, the second child of Bishop Dudley Tuti, and has three children.
References
- ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | the Gazette".
- ^ "Index V".
- ^ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 26. (Accessed 25 August 2016)
- ^ Anglican Church of Melanesia elects new Archbishop, 6 March 2009, Anglican Communion News Service
- ^ "The Anglican Church of Melanesia has a new Archbishop, Global South Anglican Online, 9 March 2009". Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ "Communiqué of the Global South Primates Bangkok, Thailand, 20 July 2012, Global South Anglican Online, 21 July 2012". Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Conger, George (2015-09-11). "Solomon Islands archbishop steps down". Anglican Ink © 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Governors-General of Solomon Islands
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Solomon Islands Anglicans
- Anglican archbishops of Melanesia
- 21st-century Anglican bishops in Oceania
- 21st-century Anglican archbishops
- People from Isabel Province
- Academic staff of Bishop Patteson Theological College
- Solomon Islands knights