Amos Waiaru

 Amos Stanley Waiaru , OBE, (1944–2011), was the third Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.^[1]

Waiaru was educated at Bishop Patteson Theological Centre, Kohimarama, Guadalcanal, and Pacific Theological College ^[2] and ordained deacon in St Barnabas' Cathedral, Honiara, on 10 December 1972, and priest in St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Lolowai, on 4 May 1976. His first post was as Chaplain at Vureas High School in Vanuatu. From 1981 to 1987 he was Bishop of Temotu in the Solomon Islands.^[3]

References

^ Anglican Communion
^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
^ Crockford’s 1987/88 Lambeth, Church House, 1987 ISBN 0715180665

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Norman Palmer	Archbishop of Melanesia 1988–1993	Succeeded by Ellison Pogo

Bishops & Archbishops of Melanesia

Bishops	John Patteson • John Selwyn • Cecil Wilson • Cecil Wood • John Steward • Frederick Molyneux • Walter Baddeley • Sydney Caulton • Alfred Hill • John Chisholm

Archbishops	John Chisholm • Norman Palmer • Amos Waiaru • Sir Ellison Pogo • David Vunagi

Persondata
Name	Waiaru, Amos Stanley
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth
Date of death	12 March 2011
Place of death	Manubagosi, North Star Harbour