Diocese of Malaita

The Diocese of Malaita is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. One of the four original ACOM dioceses, Malaita diocese was erected in January 1975; it is currently subdivided into six regions of 46 parishes.

List of bishops

Bishops of Malaita
From Until Incumbent Notes
1975 1981 Leonard Alufurai First bishop; consecrated assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia on 30 November 1963.[1]
1982 1989 Willie Pwaisiho Second bishop.
1990 1994 Raymond Aumae Third bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 May 1990.[2]
1996 2008 Terry Brown Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 26 May 1996.[3]
2008 present Sam Sahu Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 2 November 2008.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Solomon Encyclopedia — Alufurai, Leonard (Accessed 4 September 2016)
  2. ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 16. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  3. ↑ Small publications, p. 20. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  4. ↑ Small publications, p. 33. (Accessed 30 August 2016)

Sources

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