Diocese of Ysabel explained

The Diocese of Ysabel is one of the ten current dioceses within the Anglican Church of Melanesia.

It was one of the four founding dioceses established in 1975[1] and was inaugurated on 1 March 1975 at Jejevo Primary School. The diocese currently encompasses four regions and 28 districts or parishes, with its headquarters in Jejevo, Buala, located on Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands.

List of bishops

Bishops of Ysabel
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19751980Dudley TutiFirst bishop; previously assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia since 1963; retired in 1980 and knighted.
19811994Ellison PogoSecond bishop; consecrated and installed on 1 November 1981;[2] became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1994 and knighted.
19951999Walter SibaThird bishop.
20002003Zephaniah LegumanaFourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 28 January 2000.[3]
20042015Richard NaramanaFifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 18 April 2004;[4] retired September 2015.[5]
2015presentEllison QuitySixth bishop; elected 10 November 2015.

References

  1. http://acom.org.sb/dioceses-bishops/diocese-of-malaita Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita
  2. http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/COM_archives.pdf List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands)
  3. Small publications, p. 24. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  4. Small publications, p. 29. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  5. http://acom.org.sb/provincial-news/item/798-acom-elects-new-bishop-for-ysabel Anglican Church of Melanesia — ACoM elects new Bishop for Ysabel

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