93:, consecrated in 1861. Three years later his church suffered its first two martyrdoms, and the Bishop was himself martyred in September 1871. He is now remembered in the calendar (list of saints) of many Anglican provinces. In 1922, the synod of the then-missionary diocese was constituted by the New Zealand General Synod (at the Bishop's and people's request). The mission to Melanesia advanced, and the diocese was subdivided and regional diocesan bishops created, until on 26 January 1975. it was officially formed into a new Province of the Anglican church with the Bishop of Melanesia,
826:, 31 May 2009. He left office on 6 September 2015, being replaced as acting Primate by Nathan Tome. On 12 February 2016, George Takeli was elected to become the new Archbishop of Melanesia. He was enthroned on 17 April 2016 at Saint Barnabas' Provincial Cathedral, Honiara.
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to the diocesan bishop of that metropolitan see – as such, the bishop elected as archbishop leaves his previous see and is translated to
Central Melanesia in order to become primate. Chisholm died shortly after appointment and the then dean of St. Barnabas Cathedral,
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Southern Melanesia; followed in 1934 by that of Northern Melanesia (or "for New Britain and the Goldfields"), and in 1934/5
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97:, becoming the first Bishop of Central Melanesia and Archbishop of Melanesia. With the 1975 foundation of the province, the Diocese of Melanesia was split in four: the Dioceses
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1156:"Election of New Assistant Bishop for the Diocese of Central Melanesia"
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and archdeacon until he returned to Great Britain in 1937.
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second for Northern Melanesia; consecrated 11 June 1928, by
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Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia;
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300:previously assistant bishop; resigned following a
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516:Translated from Temotu; retired 25 March 2019.
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640:Assistant for the Ysabel region; became first
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961:"Enthronement of new Archbishop of Melanesia"
851:, pp. 94–100 – via Kinder Library
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931:"Archbishop Takeli retires, farewelled"
818:and became the Archbishop of Melanesia
112:The primatial archbishop title belongs
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1628:Diocese of Vanuatu and New Caledonia
1383:Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia
1113:"Alufurai, Leonard (c. 1925 - 2000)"
794:13 July 1935 – 1939:
1281:Conger, George (January 12, 2009).
992:The Story of the Melanesian Mission
967:. 10 September 2019. Archived from
822:. He was enthroned on the Feast of
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52:Church of the Province of Melanesia
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907:. 21 February 2014. Archived from
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89:The first Bishop of Melanesia was
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770:Archdeacons of Southern Melanesia
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1084:"Dickinson, Rt Rev. John Hubert"
282:Returned to the United Kingdom.
264:Returned to the United Kingdom.
66:Responsibility of the Archbishop
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937:. 26 March 2019. Archived from
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995:. The Melanesian Mission. 1926
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901:"About the Diocese of Malaita"
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1582:Anglican Church of Melanesia
1312:Anglican Church of Melanesia
1098:UK public library membership
1093:. A & C Black.
905:Anglican Church of Melanesia
879:Anglican Church of Melanesia
816:Diocese of Central Melanesia
549:St Dunstan's, Liverpool
32:Anglican Church of Melanesia
18:Diocese of Central Melanesia
7:
1603:Diocese of Central Solomons
1593:Diocese of Banks and Torres
1160:The Melanesian Mission (UK)
965:The Melanesian Mission (UK)
139:Order of the British Empire
137:– becoming a Knight of the
28:The Archbishop of Melanesia
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498:Translated from Temotu.
147:Archbishop of Canterbury
135:Queen of Solomon Islands
1333:Blain, Michael (2019).
744:Richard Blundell Comins
394:Archbishop of Melanesia
1608:Diocese of Guadalcanal
622:for the Southern area
1111:Moore, Clive (2013).
164:Bishops of Melanesia
151:Order of St Augustine
1613:Diocese of Hanuato'o
1137:Consecration details
971:on 26 September 2020
941:on 28 September 2021
480:; knighted in 2000.
196:Martyred in office.
60:Diocese of Melanesia
58:was the head of the
40:South Pacific region
1166:on 11 November 2021
1020:"Clerical obituary"
911:on 28 November 2020
125:, who served until
56:Bishop of Melanesia
1618:Diocese of Malaita
1344:Project Canterbury
1142:2013-04-10 at the
1072:, pp. 1716–8.
1060:, pp. 1064–8.
1005:Project Canterbury
759:Ralph De Voil
701:Assistant for the
553:Melanesian Mission
541:assistant bishops
244:Bunbury, Australia
85:History of the See
36:Anglican Communion
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1633:Diocese of Ysabel
1623:Diocese of Temotu
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1504:Merivale Molyneux
1497:Assistant bishops
1422:Merivale Molyneux
1211:, pp. 59–60.
1096:(Subscription or
935:Solomon Star News
881:. 3 February 2014
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707:Bishop of Vanuatu
664:Bishop of Malaita
569:Merivale Molyneux
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