Archbishop of New Zealand

George Augustus Selwyn, First Bishop of New Zealand

The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia . Since Whakahuihui Vercoe resigned at the end of his two-year term in 2006, the General Synod has decided to divide the post between three bishops who hold it together . Each bishop represents one of the tikanga or cultural currents in the church: Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa (the diocese of Aotearoa for the Māori ), the dioceses in New Zealand (for the white settlers = Pakeha ) and the diocese of Polynesia .

history

George Selwyn became the first bishop of New Zealand in 1841. At his instigation, the growing Anglican community in New Zealand became independent and its area of ​​responsibility was divided several times.

In 1868 New Zealand had seven dioceses, which Selwyn himself was renamed Diocese of Auckland . At that time it still comprised the diocese of Waikato. The diocese of Melanesia was still part of the ecclesiastical province. After Selwyn's move to the bishopric of Lichfield, England, the head of the Anglican Church in New Zealand was elected from among the diocesan bishops and occasionally used the title of Archbishop of New Zealand . Since the primate of Churchill Julius in 1902, the title has become that of the head of the church. The archbishop was one of the diocesan bishops of the ecclesiastical province and kept his diocese during his tenure.

In 1925, the Diocese of Polynesia began operating as a missionary diocese. In 1928 the first bishop of Aotearoa, responsible for the Māori , was appointed suffragan bishop to the bishop of Waiapu. In the 1970s Melanesia became an independent ecclesiastical province and the Bishop of Aotearoa became a full diocesan bishop responsible for the Māori throughout New Zealand. Under the primacy of Brian Davis , Polynesia became a diocese of its own, and church reforms began. In 1992 the General Synod decided to form five hui amorangi or regional bishoprics under the aegis of the Bishop of Aotearoa. The ecclesiastical province took its current name Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia to show that it is the property of all three tikanga . There has also been a tendency to use the title presiding bishop rather than archbishop . John Paterson, Davis's successor, was the first bishop to be so titled.

The term of office was limited to two years to allow more bishops to take part in the leadership. Instead of a leader, a triumvirate was entrusted with the management.

List of primases of New Zealand

Bishop / Primate of New Zealand
From	To	Official	Remarks
1841	1867	George Selwyn , Bishop of New Zealand, Primate from 1856	Bishop from October 17, 1841 to 1856, then Primate
1867	1890	Henry Harper , Primate of New Zealand	from 1856 also Bishop of Christchurch
1890	1893	Octavius ​​Hadfield , Primate of New Zealand	from 1870 also Bishop of Wellington
1893	1902	William Cowie , primate of New Zealand	from 1869 also Bishop of Auckland
1904	1919	Samuel Nevill , Primate of New Zealand	reigning primate from 1902; from 1871 also Bishop of Dunedin
Primate / Archbishop of New Zealand
1922	1925	Churchill Julius , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1890 also Bishop of Christchurch
1925	1940	Alfred Averill , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1914 also Bishop of Auckland
1940	1951	Campbell West-Watson , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1926 also Bishop of Christchurch
1952	1961	Reginald Owen , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1947 also Bishop of Wellington
1961	1971	Norman Lesser , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1947 also Bishop of Waiapu
1972	1980	Allen Johnston , Archbishop of New Zealand	in 1969 also Bishop of Waikato
1980	1985	Paul Reeves , Archbishop of New Zealand	Since 1979 also Bishop of Auckland, then Governor General of New Zealand
1986	1997	Brian Davis , Archbishop of New Zealand	Also Bishop of Wellington since 1986
1998	2004	John Paterson , Presiding Bishop of New Zealand	from 1994 also Bishop of Auckland
2004	2006	Whakahuihui Vercoe , Archbishop of New Zealand	from 1981 Bishop of Aotearoa
2006	officiating	Brown Turei , Co-Archbishop of New Zealand	Chief Bishop of the Māori-Tikanga; since 2006 Bishop of Aotearoa
2006	April 2013	David Moxon , Co-Archbishop of New Zealand	Senior Bishop of the Dioceses of New Zealand, Bishop of Waikato since 1993
2006	2010	Jabez Bryce , Co-Archbishop of New Zealand	Pacific Primate, Bishop of Polynesia since 1975
2010	officiating	Winston Halapua , Co-Archbishop of New Zealand	Pacific Primate, Bishop of Polynesia since 2010
1st of May 2013	officiating	Philip Richardson , Archbishop of New Zealand	Archbishop of the Dioceses of New Zealand, Bishop of Taranaki since 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Diocese of Auckland - History of the Anglican Church in NZ
2. ^ Anglican Communion News Service - Williams names Moxon to Holy See (accessed December 4, 2012)
3. ↑ Anglican Taonga - New Archbishop 'a community visionary' (accessed July 5, 2013)
4. ↑ Our Bishop . Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki , 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 .