Sir Dudley Tuti,

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(1919–2006) was the inaugural Bishop of Ysabel, one of the eight dioceses that make up the

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. He was educated at St Mary's School,

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; Te Aute College, Hawkes Bay; and

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. He was

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in 1946 and

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in 1954. He was also a teacher, firstly at All Hallows' School, Ugi. He was

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of Vureas School in the

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then Litogahira Boys School in

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. He became

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of Isabel; a member of the Advisory Council of the

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; and Chairman of the Isabel Education Committee. He was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Melanesia at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Honiara by Alfred Hill, Archbishop of Melanesia on 30 November 1963. He was also

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of the Central Solomon Islands from 1968 to 1975; and

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of the

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from 1971 to 1975. Tuti has a school named after him in Kamaosi, which is at the south eastern end of

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in his former diocese.

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1919 births 2006 deaths People educated at Te Aute College People from Isabel Province People educated at St John's College, Auckland Anglican archdeacons Anglican assistant bishops of Melanesia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Oceania Anglican bishops of Ysabel Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Solomon Islands Anglican priests Solomon Islands Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{Solomons-bio-stub