Amos Waiaru
Amos Stanley Waiaru OBE (19 April 1944 – 12 March 2011) was a Solomon Islands divine from Nafinuatog who served as the third Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.[1][2]
Waiaru was educated at Bishop Patteson Theological Centre, Kohimarama, Guadalcanal, and Pacific Theological College [3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He was installed as Archbishop of Melanesia on 17 April 1988.[6]
References
- ↑ "Amos Stanley Waiaru".
- ↑ Anglican Communion
- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ Amos Stanley Waiaru biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
- ↑ Crockford’s 1987/88 Lambeth, Church House, 1987 ISBN 0-7151-8066-5
- ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 15. (Accessed 25 August 2016)
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Preceded by Norman Palmer |
Archbishop of Melanesia 1988–1993 |
Succeeded by Ellison Pogo |
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