Philip Richardson (bishop)
The Most Reverend Philip Richardson | |
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Bishop of Taranaki and Archbishop of New Zealand | |
Church | Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Diocese | Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki |
See | Taranaki |
In office |
1999–present (Taranaki) May 2013–present (archbishop) |
Predecessor | David Moxon (as archbishop) |
Other posts | suffragan Bishop in Taranaki (1999–2008) |
Philip Richardson is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. Since 2008, he has been the Bishop of Taranaki; one of two co-equal diocesan bishops of the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. Since 2013, he has also been the Archbishop of New Zealand; this makes him one of the three Co-Primates of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[1][2][3] From 1999 until 2008, he was the suffragan Bishop in Taranaki under the diocesan Bishop of Waikato in the then-Diocese of Waikato.
References
- ↑ "The beginning of the story...". The Bishop’s Action Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ "New Archbishop 'a community visionary'". Anglican Tonga. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ "New Anglican Archbishop named". Taranaki Daily News. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
Anglican Communion titles | ||
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Preceded by himself |
Bishop of Taranaki 1999–2008 Suffragan to Bishop of Waikato 2008 - present Co-Diocesan |
Incumbent |
Preceded by David Moxon |
Archbishop of New Zealand 2013 to present |
Incumbent |
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