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The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is a church of the Anglican Communion serving New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. The primate of the church, known as the Archbishop of New Zealand, is the Most Revd. Whakahuihui Vercoe. Look up Aotearoa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Aotearoa (pronounced: listen?) is the Māori language name for New Zealand most widely known and accepted. ...
Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesos = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ...
The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organization of Anglican Churches. ...
A primate in the Western Church is an archbishop or bishop who has authority not just over the bishops of his own province, as a Metropolitan does, but over a number of provinces, such as a national church. ...
The Archbishop of New Zealand is the head of the Anglican church in the Province of New Zealand and has under his direction nine dioceses. ...
Since 1992, the church (formerly known as the Church of the Province of New Zealand) has consisted of three tikanga or cultural streams: Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aotearoa
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, which Vercoe also serves as archbishop, oversees churches for the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. Aotearoa is made up of five hui amorangi or regional bishoprics: In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. ...
Te Puni, MÄori Chief MÄori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...
In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ...
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New Zealand The tikanga of New Zealand, which serves Pakeha in New Zealand, is made up of seven dioceses: Pakeha is a New Zealand English word for European New Zealanders, that is, New Zealanders of predominantly European descent. ...
Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ...
Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...
Christchurch is a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ...
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...
The city of Nelson stands on the eastern side of Tasman Bay at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. ...
Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys third-largest urban area. ...
Polynesia The diocese of Polynesia, headed by Bishop Jabez Leslie Bryce, serves Anglicans in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands.
External link - The official website of Anglican Church in Aotearoa
| Members of the Anglican Communion | | Churches of the Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organization of Anglican Churches. ...
Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia | Australia | Brazil | Burundi | Canada | Central Africa | Central America | Cuba | England | Hong Kong | Ireland | Japan | Jerusalem and the Middle East | Kenya | Korea | Melanesia | Mexico | Myanmar | Nigeria | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Portugal | Rwanda | Scotland | Southern Cone | South East Asia | Southern Africa | Spain | Tanzania | Indian Ocean | West Indies | West Africa | Uganda | USA | Wales The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...
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Founded in 1889 there are at present over 100 parish and mission churches with roughly 50,000 members in the Anglican Church of Korea. ...
The Scottish Episcopal Church (or Episcopal Church of Scotland) is a member of the Anglican Communion in Scotland, formed in the 17th century after the national church, the Church of Scotland, adopted presbyterian government and reformed theology. ...
The Church of the Province of Southern Africa is the Anglican province in the southern part of Africa, including dioceses in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland. ...
The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering a number of sees in West Africa. ...
The Church in Wales is a member Church of the Anglican Communion. ...
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The Church of South India is an autonomous Protestant church of South India. ...
The Mar Thoma Church (also known as The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church) is a schismatic branch of the pre-16th century undivided Syrian Orthodox Church, and got its current identity in 1889, even though it was born much earlier. ...
The Old Catholic Church is not so much a religious denomination, as a community, part of whose member churches split from the Roman Catholic church in 1870. ...
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