Anglican Diocese of Wellington

{{Short description|Anglican dioceses in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Diocese | name = Wellington | latin =  | local =  | titleoverride = | archbishopric = | bishopric = | border = | image =  | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | coat = Angl-NZ-Wellington-Arms.svg | coat_size = | coat_alt = | coat_caption = Arms of the Diocese of Wellington | flag =  | flag_size = | flag_alt = | incumbent = [[Justin Duckworth]] | incumbent_note = | style = The Right Reverend  | country = [[New Zealand]] | territory = [[North Island]] | episcopal conference = | ecclesiastical region = | province = [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]]  | residence = | metropolitan = | archdeaconries = | deaneries = | subdivisions = | headquarters = [[Wellington, New Zealand|Wellington]] | coordinates = {{coord|-41.2761|174.7766|region:NZ-WGN_type:landmark|display=title,inline|format=dms}}  | area_km2 =  | area_sqmi =  | area_footnotes = | population = | population_as_of = | catholics =  | catholics_percent = | parishes = 60 (unknown date) | churches =  | congregations =  | schools =  | members =   | first_incumbent = [[Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington)|Charles Abraham]] | date = 1858 | denomination = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] | sui_iuris_church =  | rite =  | established = | dissolved = | archdiocese = | diocese = | cathedral = [[Wellington Cathedral of St Paul]] | cocathedral = | patron =  | patron_title =  | priests =  | language = | calendar = | music =  | parent_church = [[Anglican Communion]] | governance = | pope =  | patriarch = | major_archbishop = {{ubl|[[Primate of New Zealand]]|Pīhopa Mātāmua}} | bishop = [[Justin Duckworth]] | bishop_title = Bishop | metro_archbishop =  | coadjutor = | suffragans =  | assistant_bishop = [[Anashuya Fletcher]] | auxiliary_bishops =  | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = | dean = | archdeacons = | emeritus_bishops =   | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption =  | website = {{URL|http://www.wn.anglican.org.nz}} | module = | footnotes = }} The [https://anglicanmovement.nz/ Diocese of Wellington] is one of the thirteen [[diocese]]s and ''hui amorangi'' ([[Māori language|Māori]] [[bishoprics]]) of the [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]].<ref>{{cite web | author = Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia | title = About | url = http://www.anglican.org.nz/About | access-date = 8 September 2011 }}</ref> The diocese covers the area between the bottom of the [[North Island]] of New Zealand up to the area of [[Mount Ruapehu]].

The [[Cathedra|seat]] of the Bishop of Wellington is at the [[Wellington Cathedral of St Paul]]. The current Bishop of Wellington, since 2012, has been [[Justin Duckworth]], joined by newly elected Assistant Bishop Anashuya Fletcher (2024).

There are approximately 60 parishes and mission districts within the diocese of Wellington.

== History == The diocese's first bishop, [[Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington)|Charles Abraham]], was consecrated in 1858. An attempt was made in the 21st General Synod (1919) to make the Bishop of Wellington ''ex officio'' [[Primate of New Zealand|Primate and Metropolitan]];<ref>Proceedings of the Twenty-First General Synod of the Church of the Province of New Zealand ([https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/22#idx6177 p. 26])</ref> this failed in the 22nd Synod (1922).<ref>Proceedings of the Twenty-Second General Synod of the Church of the Province of New Zealand ([https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/23#idx6496 p. 20], online at the Kinder Library)</ref>

The Archbishop [[David Moxon]] announced on 29 April 2012 that Justin Duckworth was elected as the 11th Bishop of Wellington. Duckworth was installed on 30 June 2012.

The diocese celebrated its sesquicentenary in 2008; the celebrations included pilgrimages throughout the diocese.

== Cathedral == [[Old St Paul's, Wellington|Old St Paul's]], the second Church of St Paul in Wellington, was the pro-cathedral church for the Anglican Diocese of Wellington from 1866 to 1964 and remains consecrated, despite now owned by [[Heritage New Zealand]] (formerly the New Zealand Historic Places Trust). The first parish church for the early settlers, dedicated to St Paul, was behind where the [[Beehive (New Zealand)|Beehive]] stands today: a replica stands at the Bolton Street entrance to an early cemetery for Wellington, alongside the original sextons cottage. The current [[Wellington Cathedral of St Paul|Wellington Cathedral]] church for the Diocese was dedicated, partially completed, in the name of St Paul in 1964. Completion was in stages and in 2001 it was consecrated.

== List of bishops == The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Wellington, or any precursor title:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 95%;" |- ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Ordinal ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Officeholder ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Term start ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Term end ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|1}} || [[Charles Abraham (bishop of Wellington)|Charles Abraham]] ||align=center| {{start date|1858|09|04|df=y}} ||align=center| {{end date|1870|06|01|df=y}} || Previously [[Archdeacon of Waitemata]] |- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;" |align=center| {{nts|2}} || [[Octavius Hadfield]] ||align=center| 1870 ||align=center| 1893 || Previously [[Archdeacon of Kapiti]]; also [[Primate of New Zealand]], 1890–1893 |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|3}} || [[Frederic Wallis]] ||align=center| 1895 ||align=center| 1911 || Afterwards [[Archdeacon of Wilts]] UK, 1911 |- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;" |align=center| {{nts|4}} || [[Thomas Sprott (bishop)|Thomas Sprott]] ||align=center| 1911 ||align=center| 1936 || |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|5}} || [[St Barbe Holland]] ||align=center| 1936 ||align=center| 1946 || Afterwards [[Dean of Norwich]], UK |- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;" |align=center| {{nts|6}} || [[Reginald Owen (bishop)|Reginald Owen]] ||align=center| 1947 ||align=center| 1960 || Also [[Archbishop of New Zealand]], 1952–1960 |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|7}} || [[Henry Baines (bishop)|Henry Baines]] ||align=center| 1960 ||align=center| 1972 || [[Translated]] from [[Bishop of Singapore|Singapore]] |- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;" |align=center| {{nts|8}} || [[Edward Norman (bishop)|Edward Norman]] ||align=center| 1973 ||align=center| 1986 || Previously [[Archdeacon of Wellington]] and vicar of the Parish of Karori (Church of St Mary) |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|9}} || [[Brian Davis (bishop)|Brian Davis]] ||align=center| 1986 ||align=center| 1997 || Translated from [[Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki|Waikato]]; also [[Archbishop of New Zealand]] |- valign="top" style="background-color: #F7F0F2;" |align=center| {{nts|10}} || [[Tom Brown (bishop)|Tom Brown]] ||align=center| 1998 ||align=center| 2012 || Previously [[Archdeacon of Belmont]] and vicar of Lower Hutt (Church of St James) |- valign="top" style="background-color: white;" |align=center| {{nts|11}} || {{nowrap|[[Justin Duckworth]]}} ||align=center| {{start date|2012|06|30|df=y}} ||align=center| ''incumbent'' || |}

==Assistant Bishops of Wellington== * E. J. Rich * 1991–1998 [[Tom Brown (bishop)|Tom Brown]] *23 February 1991{{snd}}1999: [[Brian Carrell]], Bishop in Palmerston North<ref name="lec19">[http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019] (p. 145)</ref> *1997–?: [[Hāpai Winiata]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ddnAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT290 | title=Mana Maori and Christianity| isbn=9781775500681| last1=Morrison| first1=Hugh| last2=Paterson| first2=Lachy| last3=Knowles| first3=Brett| last4=Rae| first4=Murray| date=June 2012| publisher=Huia Publishers}}</ref> * 2 June 2017{{snd}}2022: [[Eleanor Sanderson]]<ref name="lec19" /><Bishop of Hull> {{anchor|Archdeacon of Kapiti|Archdeacon of Wanganui|Archdeacon of Manawatu|Archdeacon of Wairarapa|Archdeacon of Belmont|Archdeacon of Ohariu|Archdeacon of Wellington}} * 2024–present: [[Anashuya Fletcher]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://anglicanmovement.nz/blog/wellington-elects-new-assistant-bishop | title=Wellington Elects New Assistant Bishop }}</ref>

==Archdeaconries==

===Archdeacons of Wellington=== *1870-1888: Ven Arthur Stock *1888-1919: Ven Thomas Fancourt *1961: Ven Henry Childs-(Later Dean of Waiapu Cathedral) *1965: Ven Harry Arnold * Ven Edward Norman-(Later Bishop of Wellington) *2016-2019: Ven Fr Stephen King

===Archdeacons of Wairarapa===

===Archdeacons of Ohariu===

===Archdeacons of Belmont===

===Archdeacons of Whanganui===

===Archdeacons of Manawatu===

==Former Archdeaconry==

===Archdeacons of Kapiti===

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://anglicanmovement.nz/ Anglican Diocese of Wellington] * [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HadfieldOctavius/HadfieldOctavius/en Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 - Octavius Hadfield] * [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=1H2 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Octavius Hadfield] * [http://www.wn.anglican.org.nz/ Diocese of Wellington]

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