The Diocese of Nelson is one of the 13

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) of the

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. The Diocese covers the northern part of the

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of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from

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. The Diocese was founded in 1858 and the

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of the Bishop is at Christ Church Cathedral in

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. On 31 August 2019,

Steve Maina Stephen Maina Mwangi (born 1970) is a Kenya-born New Zealand Anglican bishop. He has been the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nelson since 2019. Early life, education and career Maina was born in Kenya in 1970 and is the son and grandson of An ...

was ordained and installed as Bishop of Nelson. Nelson Diocese is a noted

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diocese, drawing similarities with the

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, in

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List of bishops

The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Nelson, or any precursor title:

Archdeaconries

In 1866, the sole archdeaconry – of Waimea – was vacant.''The Clergy List for 1866'' (London: George Cox, 1866
p. 469
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Blain, Michael. ''Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932'' (2019) p. 50 (Accessed a
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25 June 2019) :Archdeacon of Wairau *1868–1886 (d.): H. F. Butt :Archdeacon of Māwhera *1886–?: Thomas Billing Maclean

References

External links

*
Nelson Cathedral website
Religious organizations established in 1858

Nelson, New Zealand 1858 establishments in New Zealand Archdeacons of Marlborough Archdeacons of Waimea Archdeacons of Māwhera Archdeacons of Nelson {{NewZealand-org-stub