The Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia[1]. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.
The diocese was founded in 1858 and the seat of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson.
On 5 February 2007, while in a wheelchair, [1] Richard Ellena was consecrated as the latest Bishop of Nelson.
Richard, who is 55, succeeds Derek Eaton. He was Bishop Derek Eaton’s Vicar General, or deputy, since 2002 – and he has pledged to continue to “hold high the flag of evangelical orthodoxy” during his term as the Diocese of Nelson’s 10th Bishop.
Nelson diocese is a noted Evangelical diocese.[2]
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