George Takeli

The Most Reverend

George Takeli
Archbishop of Melanesia
Bishop of Central Melanesia
ChurchChurch of the Province of Melanesia
In office2016–2019
PredecessorDavid Vunagi
SuccessorLeonard Dawea
Previous post(s)Bishop of Temotu
Orders
Consecration1985
Personal details
Born1959
Suholo village on Ulawa Island, in the province of Makira Ulawa

George Angus Takeli (born 1959) is a Solomon Islands Anglican bishop. He was Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Melanesia and Bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from April 2016 to May 2019. He was first married to Lilian, who died in 2014. He got married a second time to June in December 2015.

Ecclesiastical career

He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1995. He was undertaking a D.D. in Theology at Charles Stuart University in Australia, when he was elected the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Temotu in August 2009. He also has a M.D. in Theology from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.[1]

He was elected the sixth Archbishop and Primate of Melanesia, in Honiara, at 12 February 2016. He was enthroned at St. Barnabas Provincial Cathedral, in Honiara, at 17 April 2016.[2] Takeli retired in May 2019 and was succeeded that fall by Leonard Dawea.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Most Revd George Takeli - The Anglican Church Of Melanesia - Anglican Communion". Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  2. ^ George Takeli is new Archbishop of Melanesia, Anglican Communion News Service, 12 February 2016
  3. ^ "Bishop of Temotu, Leonard Dawea, elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Melanesia". Anglican Communion News Service. Retrieved 1 February 2024.