A retired bishop has been banned from his local petrol station, which has had eggs thrown at it and horse manure dumped in the forecourt. Bruce Gilberd, former Anglican Bishop of Auckland, has been trespassed from the Gull Service Station in Tairua with his wife Pat and three others in the small Coromandel town. The Read more
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New bishop stays on ambulance duty
Friday, June 27th, 2014The next Anglican Bishop for Waiapu says he intends to continue working as a St John Ambulance officer when he takes up his new role in Napier later this year. Bishop-elect Andrew Hedge is currently the Vicar of Cambridge and regularly works shifts as an ambulance officer. Last Sunday he Anglican church announced that bishop-elect Read more
Helen Ann Hartley ordained Anglican Bishop of Waikato
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
The new Anglican Bishop of Waikato has been ordained in Hamilton last Saturday. Helen Ann Hartley replaces Archbishop David Moxon who is now the the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representativeat the Vatican Bishop Hartley is the the 7th Bishop of Waikato and she is the first woman bishop of the Diocese. She was born in Edinburgh and moved with Read more
Waikato elects its first Anglican woman bishop
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013The Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, a former religious advisor to the BBC, has been elected as the Waikato’s seventh Anglican bishop after her predecessor David Moxon headed to Rome as the Anglican Communion’s ambassador to the Vatican. Mrs Hartley, 40, was nominated by several Hamilton based Anglicans after spending 18 months teaching at the theological Read more
Nomination of new Anglican Bishop – Waikato and Taranaki
Friday, August 23rd, 2013Representatives from throughout the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki have selected a nominee to be the 7th Anglican Bishop Bishop of Waikato. The name was the outcome of prayer, discussion, and voting, at an Electoral College that began on Friday evening at Southwell School in Hamilton and concluded last Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
Bishop Justin Duckworth remembers inmates at ordination as Anglican Bishop of Wellington
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
There are three marks carved into the pastoral staff that the new Anglican Bishop of Wellington, Justin Duckworth, has been given by inmates at Rimutaka Prison. They symbolise the core values of Urban Vision, the movement he and his wife helped to found 25 year ago. having a Jesus centre belonging deeply together giving our best for Read more
Wellington has new Anglican Bishop
Monday, April 30th, 2012Wellington has a new Anglican bishop. He is Justin Duckworth. He maybe considered by some as an unlikely-looking person for the job. Dreadlocked and often barefoot and in shorts, he may not look like a typical church leader – but the Diocese of Wellington has spoken with its votes. The 44-year-old, who has been involved Read more