Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki


The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese covers the area from the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand.
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History

The diocese was established in 1926 as the Diocese of Waikato, with Cecil Arthur Cherrington being the first bishop. In 2010, the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. This reflects the structure of the diocese, with two bishoprics and two co-ordinary bishops. That statute was amended in 2017 to clarify that when one See is vacant, the other bishop also holds that See as sole diocesan bishop — as has been the case since 2018. With the diocese unable to afford two bishops, Richardson established a commission in December 2018 to review the dual-episcopacy arrangement.

Cathedra

When resident in Hamilton, the seat of the Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki is at St Peter's Cathedral; and when resident in Taranaki, the seat of the Bishop is at the Taranaki Cathedral.
The incumbent Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki is Philip Richardson. Richardson had previously been the only suffragan Bishop in Taranaki in the Waikato diocese from 1999 until the co-diocesan arrangement started in 2008. Since Hartley's translation in 2018, Richardson has been sole diocesan bishop, called Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki.

List of bishops

The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki, or any precursor title:

Parishes

Piako

Taranaki

Waikato

Waitomo

  • Kawhia
  • Orakau
  • Otorohanga
  • Piopio-Aria-Mokau
  • Taumarunui
  • Te Awamutu
  • Te Kuiti

Archdeaconary's of The Anglican Diocese of Taranaki

Archdeacons of Taranaki

Archdeacons of Tauranga

Archdeaconary's of the Anglican Diocese of Waikato

Archdeacons of Waikato

Archdeacons of Piako

  • 1954-1960: Ven Frederick O. Dawson M.C.