Philip Richardson (bishop)

The Most Reverend
Philip Richardson
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

  1. "The beginning of the story...". The Bishop’s Action Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. "New Archbishop 'a community visionary'". Anglican Tonga. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. "New Anglican Archbishop named". Taranaki Daily News. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
Anglican Communion titles
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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