Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea is a member church of the Anglican Fellowship and is limited to the eastern half of the island of New Guinea .

It counts 166,046 believers here, which makes up 3.2% of the total population. The church , headed by the Archbishop of Papua New Guinea as primate , is divided into 5 dioceses (Aipo Rongo, Dogura, New Guinea Islands, Popondota, Port Moresby ) and at the beginning of 2002 had 118 parishes with 173 priests.

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea has no ordination of women .

Primates

• 1977–1983 David Hand (Bishop of Port Moresby )
• 1983-1989 George Ambo
• 1989–1996 Bevan Meredith
• 1996–2009 James Simon Ayong (Bishop of Aipo Rongo )
• 2010–2013 Joseph Kopapa (Bishop of Popondota )
• since 2013 Clyde Igara

See also

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
• Gutnius Lutheran Church

Web links

• The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea