Fereimi Cama (2 March 1955 – 2 July 2021) was an

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. He was the first Fijian to be

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in the diocese's history. Cama was born on 2 March 1955 in the Fijian village of Nukuni, Ono-i-Lau. He was raised a

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but became an

in 1987. He became a

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and then studied for

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. He eventually rose to be

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of Holy Trinity Cathedral,

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. Cama died in the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, on 2 July 2021.Anglican Communion News Service
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1955 births 2021 deaths Anglican bishops of Polynesia 21st-century Anglican bishops in Oceania Fijian Anglican bishops Anglican deans in Oceania People from Lau Province Converts to Anglicanism from Methodism 21st-century Anglican archbishops in New Zealand Bishops in the Cook Islands {{Anglican-bishop-stub