'''Winston Halapua''' (born 1945) is a Tongan-born Fijian retired Anglican bishop and academic.

Consecrated a bishop on 10 April 2005, he served as suffragan/assistant bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia, for Polynesians in mainland New Zealand until 2010, when he became diocesan bishop of that Diocese. In becoming Bishop of Polynesia, he automatically became Senior Bishop of Tikanga Pasefika and therefore Archbishop of New Zealand &amp; Primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia (one of three co-equal incumbents). On his retirement in August 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/04/15/church-leader-set-to-call-it-a-day/|title=Church Leader Set to Call It a Day}}</ref> he was granted the honorary title "archbishop emeritus".<ref name="lec19">[http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019] (p. 145)</ref><ref name="EC becomes archbishop">{{cite web|title=NEW ZEALAND: Winston Halapua becomes archbishop|url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/article/new-zealand-winston-halapua-becomes-archbishop|website=The Episcopal Church|publisher=The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society|accessdate=27 February 2017|date=13 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="RNZ">{{cite web|title=New archbishop for Anglican Church|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/32282/new-archbishop-for-anglican-church|website=Radio New Zealand |accessdate=27 February 2017|date=12 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="Humble">{{cite web|last1=Ashton|first1=Lloyd|title=Humble beginnings for Polynesia's new Bishop|url=http://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/Features/Bible/winston-background|website=Anglican Taonga|publisher=Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|accessdate=27 February 2017|date=12 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="ACNS">{{cite web|title=First Polynesia Bishop for NZ|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2005/01/first-polynesia-bishop-for-nz.aspx|website=Anglican News|publisher=Anglican Communion Office|accessdate=27 February 2017|date=14 January 2005}}</ref>

==Selected works== * {{cite book |last1=Halapua |first1=Winston |title=Living on the fringe: Melanesians in Fiji |date=2001 |publisher=Institute of Pacific Studies |location=Suva |isbn=978-9820203150}} * {{cite book |last1=Halapua |first1=Winston |title=Tradition, Lotu & Militarism in Fiji |date=2003 |publisher=Institute of Applied Studies |location=Fiji |isbn=978-9823010212}} * {{cite book |last1=Halapua |first1=Winston |title=Waves of God's embrace: sacred perspectives from the ocean |date=2008 |publisher=Canterbury Press |location=London |isbn=978-1853119224}} * {{cite book |last1=Halapua |first1=Winston |title=The role of militarism in the politics of Fiji |date=2010 |publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller |location=Saarbrucken, Germany |isbn=978-3639280647}}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Bishops of Polynesia}}

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