George Howard Douglas Connor (born 1942) was the eighth

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of the

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. Connor was educated at

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and

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. He was

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deacon in 1965, priest in 1966. He was a

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for the

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and then a Maori

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for the

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. He was

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of Waiapu and then Regional Bishop in the

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. He was consecrated bishop 2 April 1989 and served the Bay of Plenty until 2005 when he was

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.ACANZP Lectionary, 2019
(p. 145) He resigned his

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on 30 November 2009. He additionally served as Convening Bishop of Tikanga Pakeha (New Zealand dioceses), 1998–2006, and as such Co- Presiding Bishop of New Zealand, 2004–2006; in retirement, he has served as He Pīhopa Āwhina (an

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) in

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since 2010. In 2012 he completed a master's degree in history at

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. He is married to Nonie Connor.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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Saintly, Sinful or Secular 1814-1895 Viewed through the Lens of ''Te Māramataka'' 1895 and Its Historical Notes
by George Connor (2011) 1942 births Living people Anglican archdeacons in New Zealand 21st-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand Anglican bishops of Dunedin Massey University alumni {{Anglican-bishop-stub