Diocese of Malaita

The Diocese of Malaita is one of the ten 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.

Malaita Province is the most populous and one of the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. It is named after its largest island, Malaita. In 2024, parts of Malaita Island, South Malaita Island and Sikaiana were carved off into the newly formed Diocese of Southern Malaita and Sikaiana.[1]

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.[2]
1982 1989 Willie Pwaisiho Second bishop.
1990 1994 Raymond Aumae Third bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 May 1990.[3]
1996 2008 Terry Brown Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 26 May 1996.[4][5]
2008 present Sam Sahu Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 2 November 2008.[6]
Assistant bishops
2005 2017 Alfred Hou Consecrated 27 November 2005[7]
2017 2024 Rickson Maomaoru Consecrated 22 October 2017.[8] Translated to Southern Malaita and Sikaiana, 2024.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lofana, Solomon (19 November 2024). "ACOM to inaugurate new Diocese, consecrate new Diocesan Bishop". Solomon Star. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ Solomon Encyclopedia — Alufurai, Leonard (Accessed 4 September 2016)
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Small publications, p. 20. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  5. ^ Order of service for the consecration & installation of the Reverend Dr. Terry Michael Brown as the 4th Bishop of Malaita at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Fiu, Malaita on the Day of Pentecost, Sunday, 26 May, 1996, 7.30 a.m. Church of Melanesia. 1996.
  6. ^ Small publications, p. 33. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  7. ^ Anglican Communion News Service, 1 July 2005 — New Assistant Bishop for Diocese of Malaita (Accessed 18 February 2020)
  8. ^ Anglican Church of Melanesian — ACOM Consecrates Maomaoru as Assistant Bishop of Malaita Archived 2020-10-21 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 18 February 2020)

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