Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki
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| name = Waikato and Taranaki
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| incumbent = Philip Richardson
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| style = The Most Reverend
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| territory = North Island
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| province = Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
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| headquarters = Taranaki
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| parishes = 8 (as of 2023)
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| schools = 5 (as of 2023)
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| first_incumbent = Cecil Arthur Cherrington
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| date = 1926
| denomination = Anglican
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The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[http://www.anglican.org.nz/About About] from Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, 8 September 2011 The diocese covers the area from the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand.
History
The diocese was established in 1926 as the Diocese of Waikato, with Cecil Arthur Cherrington being the first bishop. In 2010, the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. This reflects the structure of the diocese (since the passage of the Shared Diocesan Episcopacy Statute 2007),{{cite web |website=Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki |title=Statute No. 39 — The Shared Diocesan Episcopacy Statute 2007 |url=https://www.wtanglican.nz/site_files/19978/upload_files/StatNo.39TheSharedDiocesanEpiscopacyStatute2007-Amended2017-CR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114214031/https://www.wtanglican.nz/site_files/19978/upload_files/StatNo.39TheSharedDiocesanEpiscopacyStatute2007-Amended2017-CR.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2022 |access-date=14 November 2022 }} with two bishoprics and two co-ordinary (presiding) bishops.[http://www.waikatotaranakianglican.org.nz/ Welcome] from Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, retrieved 8 September 2011 That statute was amended in 2017 (before Hartley's translation) to clarify that when one See is vacant, the other bishop also holds that See as sole diocesan bishop{{cite web |website=Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki |title=Minutes of the first session of the Thirty-Ninth Synod |date=October 2017 |page=25 |url=https://www.wtanglican.nz/site_files/19978/upload_files/MINUTES2017withfourthday.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114214017/https://www.wtanglican.nz/site_files/19978/upload_files/MINUTES2017withfourthday.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2022 |access-date=14 November 2022 }} — as has been the case since 2018. With the diocese unable to afford two bishops, Richardson established a commission in December 2018 to review the dual-episcopacy arrangement.{{cite web |website=Waikato & Taranaki Anglicans |title=The Establishment of the Bishop's Commission |date=18 December 2018 |url=https://www.wtanglican.nz/blog/post/35995/Connected-ExtraThe-Esablishment-of-the-Bishop-s-Commission/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222212629/https://www.wtanglican.nz/blog/post/35995/Connected-ExtraThe-Esablishment-of-the-Bishop-s-Commission/ |archive-date=22 December 2019 |access-date=14 November 2022 }}
Cathedra
When resident in Hamilton, the seat of the Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki is at St Peter's Cathedral; and when resident in Taranaki, the seat of the Bishop is at the Taranaki Cathedral.
The incumbent Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki is Philip Richardson (who has been the archbishop of the New Zealand dioceses since 1 May 2013).[http://www.waikatotaranakianglican.org.nz/content/3/ About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113104252/http://www.waikatotaranakianglican.org.nz/content/3/ |date=2015-01-13 }} from WaikatoTaranakiAnglican.org.nz, retrieved 19 December 2014 Richardson had previously been the only suffragan Bishop in Taranaki in the Waikato diocese from 1999 until the co-diocesan arrangement started in 2008.[http://www.bishopsactionfoundation.org.nz/page/the-beginning-of-the-story/4/16/ The Bishop's Action Foundation — The beginning of the story...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122130415/http://www.bishopsactionfoundation.org.nz/page/the-beginning-of-the-story/4/16/ |date=2016-01-22 }} (Accessed 27 July 2016) Since Hartley's translation in 2018, Richardson has been sole diocesan bishop, called Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki.{{cite web |website=Waikato & Taranaki Anglicans |title=Bishop Philip and Staff |url=https://www.wtanglican.nz/bishop-philip-and-staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918170716/https://www.wtanglican.nz/bishop-philip-and-staff/
|archive-date=18 September 2020 |access-date=14 November 2022 }}{{cite web |website=Anglican Communion News Service |title=Tairawhiti Bishop, Don Tamihere, elected as Primate of Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia |date=7 March 2018 |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/features/2018/03/tairawhiti-bishop-don-tamihere-elected-as-primate-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-polynesia.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307183000/https://www.anglicannews.org/features/2018/03/tairawhiti-bishop-don-tamihere-elected-as-primate-of-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-polynesia.aspx |archive-date=7 March 2018 |access-date=14 November 2022 }}{{cite web |website=Anglican Taonga |title=Tiki Raumati: the challenge for us |date=3 September 2018 |url=https://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/tikanga_maori/mate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073325/https://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/tikanga_maori/mate |archive-date=7 October 2018 |access-date=14 November 2022 }}
List of bishops
The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki, or any precursor title:
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| colspan="6" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Waikato and Taranaki | ||||
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| style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Ordinal
! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Officeholder ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Term start ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Term end ! style="background-color: #D4B1BB;" | Notes | ||||
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| colspan="6" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Waikato | ||||
| align=center| {{nts|1}} | Cecil Cherrington | align=center| 1926 | align=center| 1951 | |
| align=center| {{nts|2}} | John Holland | align=center| 1951 | align=center| 1968 | |
| align=center| {{nts|3}} | Allen Johnston | align=center| 1968 | align=center| 1980 | Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1972 |
| align=center| {{nts|4}} | Brian Davis | align=center| 1980 | align=center| 1986 | Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1986; translated to Wellington |
| align=center| {{nts|5}} | Roger Herft | align=center| 1986 | align=center| 1993 | |
| align=center| {{nts|6}} | David Moxon | align=center| 1993 | align=center| 2013 | Co-equal diocesan after 2008; senior bishop of the "New Zealand dioceses" from 2006; Co-Presiding Bishop / Pīhopa Aporei, 2006–2008 then Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop, 2008 onwards. |
| align=center| {{nts|7}} | {{nowrap|Helen-Ann Hartley}} | align=center| 2014 | align=center| 2018 | Co-equal diocesan{{cite news |last=Furrow |first=Gary |date=8 December 2017 |title=Bishop of Waikato says concluding her role 'a happy-sad time' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/99387601/bishop-of-waikato-says-concluding-her-role-a-happysad-time?rm=m |access-date=30 May 2018}} |
| colspan="6" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;" | Bishops of Waikato and Taranaki | ||||
| align=center| {{nts|8}} | Philip Richardson | align=center|2018 | align=center|incumbent | Co-equal diocesan 2008–present; previously suffragan Bishop in Taranaki, 1999–2008; senior diocese of the New Zealand dioceses, Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop since 2013.{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Libby |date=9 February 2018 |title=No new Anglican Bishop for the Waikato - Taranaki takes on the job |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/101056505/no-new-anglican-bishop-for-the-waikato--taranaki-takes-on-the-job |access-date=30 May 2018}} |
Parishes
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- Bell Block
- Brooklands
- Eltham-Kaponga
- Fitzroy
- Hāwera
- Inglewood
- Manaia
- Ōkato
- Opunake
- Patea
- New Plymouth
- Stratford
- Waitara
- Waverley-Waitotara
- West New Plymouth
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- Bryant Park
- Hamilton - St Peters Cathedral
- Chartwell
- Claudelands
- Forest Lake - Holy Trinity Church
- West Hamilton
- Hamilton East
- Hillcrest
- Huntly
- Melville
- Nawton
- Ngāruawāhia
- Raglan
- Te Kauwhata
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=Waitomo=
- Kawhia
- Orakau
- Otorohanga
- Piopio-Aria-Mokau
- Taumarunui
- Te Awamutu
- Te Kuiti
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.wtanglican.nz}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216045001/http://www.stpeterscathedral.nzl.org/ St Peter's Cathedral website]
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