Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa

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Tikanga of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa

Bishopric

Arms of the Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Location
Country	New Zealand
Ecclesiastical province	Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Information
Denomination	Anglican
Established	1978
Parent church	Anglican Communion
Major Archbishop	Primate of New Zealand Pīhopa Mātāmua

Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is an Anglican regional bishopric or diocese (Māori: Tikanga), that covers the entire country of New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa). The diocese is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa (New Zealand), and is one of the three Tikanga (cultural streams) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

The first Māori bishop was appointed in 1928, and the Pīhopatanga itself was established by General Synod as an autonomous body in 1978. According to the 2001 census there were approximately 75,000 Māori Anglicans in Aotearoa, which made it the largest Māori denomination. The Māori tikanga of the church is headed by Don Tamihere, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa / Bishop of Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti / Bishop of Tairāwhiti; Tamihere is the sixth Pīhopa o Aotearoa, succeeding the late Archbishop Brown Turei.

Episcopal units

The 1992 constitution of the church enabled Te Rūnanga (assembly, i.e. synod; later Te Rūnanganui / general assembly) o Te Pīhopatanga to create sub-units called Hui Amorangi (lit. leaders' gathering; similar to the English 'synod') and to provide bishops for these.^[1] From an original position where these hui were mere divisions of Te Pīhopatanga, they have developed to "Episcopal Unit" status not incomparable to the "New Zealand dioceses" (whereby each hui amorangi pīhopa is Licensing Bishop {i.e. Ordinary} in her own right),^[2]^[3] and have come to each be called Pīhopatanga in themselves.

As of 2019^[update], Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa were made up of five pīhopatanga / regional bishoprics:

Te Manawa o Te Wheke (lit. the heart of the octopus, i.e. north island central region)
Te Tairāwhiti (lit. east coast)
Te Tai Tokerau (lit. north coast)
Te Upoko o Te Ika (lit. the head of the fish, i.e. the southern part of the north island; Wellington/Taranaki)
Waipounamu (South Island)

References

^ "Proceedings of the General Synod: 49th Special & 50th General Synod 1990-1992". John Kinder Theological Library. p. 35 ff. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
^ p. 1
^ p. 14

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

A list of all the Anglican dioceses, Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, churches and cathedrals in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Aotearoa, New Zealand

Dioceses	Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Nelson Waiapu Waikato and Taranaki Wellington
Te Pīhopatanga	Te Manawa o Te Wheke Te Tairāwhiti Te Tai Tokerau Te Upoko o Te Ika Te Waipounamu
Cathedrals	Holy Trinity, Auckland St Mary's, Auckland Cardboard, Christchurch St Paul's, Dunedin St Peter's, Hamilton St John's, Napier Christ Church, Nelson Taranaki Old St Paul's, Wellington St Paul's, Wellington
Churches	Holy Sepulchre, Auckland St John the Evangelist, Auckland St Matthew's, Auckland St Paul's, Auckland St Stephen's, Auckland St Saviour's Christ's College St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch All Saints', Dunedin St Matthew's, Dunedin St James, Franz Josef All Saints', Hokitika All Saints, Howick St James', Kerikeri Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo Holy Trinity, New Plymouth All Saints, Palmerston North St Paul's, Papanui St Alban's, Pauatahanui Holy Trinity, Port Chalmers Rangiātea Church Christ Church, Russell Christ Church, Taita St Mary's, Timaru St John's Anglican, Trentham St John the Baptist, Waimate North St Michael's, Waimea West St Barnabas, Warrington St Barnabas, Wellington St John the Evangelist, Westport
Educational institutions	St John's College, Auckland theological college) Cathedral Grammar Christ's College, Christchurch Corran Craighead Diocesan Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland Hadlow Preparatory Huntley King's College King's School Nga Tawa Diocesan Rathkeale St Margaret's St Matthew's Collegiate St Michael's St Paul's Collegiate Samuel Marsden Collegiate Southwell Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls Waikato Diocesan Whanganui Collegiate
Former churches and cathedrals	Holy Trinity Avonside ChristChurch, Christchurch Good Shepherd, Christchurch St Luke's, Christchurch St John the Baptist, Christchurch St John's, Hororata St Martin's at St Chad's

Tikanga Pasefika
Diocese of Polynesia

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v t e Regional bishops in Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Te Tairāwhiti	Brown Turei Don Tamihere
Te Tai Tokerau	Ben Te Haara Kito Pikaahu
Te Upoko o Te Ika	Muru Walters Wai Quayle
Te Waipounamu	John Gray Richard Wallace
Te Manawa o Te Wheke	Ngarahu Katene

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