David Rice was the 15th Anglican

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of Waiapu. He was consecrated on 7 June 2008. An American, he was previously Dean of

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. Born in

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, he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Duke University. Initially a

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, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the

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. He resigned the bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as Provisional Bishop of the

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in California, where he now serves.''David Rice elected, seated as bishop provisional''
, Episcopal News Service, March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014

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