The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.About from Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, 8 September 2011 The diocese covers the area from the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand.
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 (since the passage of the Shared Diocesan Episcopacy Statute 2007), with two bishoprics and two co-ordinary (presiding) bishops.Welcome from Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, retrieved 8 September 2011 That statute was amended in 2017 (before Hartley's translation) 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 (who has been the archbishop of the New Zealand dioceses since 1 May 2013).About from WaikatoTaranakiAnglican.org.nz, retrieved 19 December 2014 Richardson had previously been the only suffragan Bishop in Taranaki in the Waikato diocese from 1999 until the co-diocesan arrangement started in 2008.The Bishop's Action Foundation — The beginning of the story... (Accessed 27 July 2016) 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: Bishops of Waikato and Taranaki Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Notes Bishops of Waikato Cecil Cherrington 1926 1951 John Holland 1951 1968 Allen Johnston 1968 1980 Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1972 Brian Davis 1980 1986 Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1986; translated to Wellington Roger Herft 1986 1993 David Moxon 1993 2013 Co-equal diocesan after 2008; senior bishop of the "New Zealand dioceses" from 2006; Co-Presiding Bishop / Pīhopa Aporei, 2006–2008 then Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop, 2008 onwards. 2014 2018 Co-equal diocesan Bishops of Waikato and Taranaki Philip Richardson 2018 incumbent Co-equal diocesan 2008–present; previously suffragan Bishop in Taranaki, 1999–2008; senior diocese of the New Zealand dioceses, Primate / Pīhopa Mātāmua and Archbishop since 2013.
Parishes
Piako Cambridge Katikati Mangakino Matamata Morrinsville Paeroa Putāruru Tamahere Te Aroha Tīrau Tokoroa Waihi Waihi Beach Whangamatā
Taranaki Bell Block Brooklands Eltham-Kaponga Fitzroy Hāwera Inglewood Manaia Ōkato Opunake Patea New Plymouth Stratford Waitara Waverley-Waitotara West New Plymouth
Waikato Bryant Park Hamilton - St Peter's Cathedral Chartwell Claudelands Forest Lake - Holy Trinity Church West Hamilton Hamilton East Hillcrest Huntly Melville Nawton Ngāruawāhia Raglan Te Kauwhata
Waitomo Kawhia Orakau Otorohanga Piopio-Aria-Mokau Taumarunui Te Awamutu Te Kuiti
Archdeaconary's of The Anglican Diocese of Taranaki
Archdeacons of Taranaki 1902-1912: Ven Robert Cole 1912-1926: Ven Frank Evans 1930-1960: Ven Gordon Gavin
Archdeacons of Tauranga 1910-1914: Ven Charles Tisdall 1921-1936: Ven Frederick Chatterton 1936-1965: Ven Reginald Hodgson 1972-1976: Ven Donald Ferguson
Archdeaconary's of the Anglican Diocese of Waikato Archdeacons of Waikato 1913-1929: Ven Edmund Cowie 1933-1943: Ven Henry Gillespie
Archdeacons of Piako 1954-1960: Ven Frederick O. Dawson M.C. (Former Principal Chaplain of the CofE in the 2nd NZEF)
References
External links
St Peter's Cathedral website