Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika

This article is about the Anglican diocese. For Māori radio station, see Te Upoko O Te Ika.

Diocese of Te Upoko o Te Ika Māori: Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika

Bishopric

Incumbent: Wai Quayle
Style	The Right Reverend
Location
Country	New Zealand
Territory	North Island
Ecclesiastical province	Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Headquarters	Palmerston North
Coordinates	40°48′S 175°05′E / 40.8°S 175.08°E / -40.8; 175.08
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2001) 14,000
Information
First holder	Muru Walters
Formation	7 March 1992
Denomination	Anglican
Cathedral	Te Papa-i-o-uru Marae
Language	Māori, English
Current leadership
Parent church	Anglican Communion
Major Archbishop	Primate of New Zealand Pīhopa Mātāmua
Pīhopa	Wai Quayle

Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika is an episcopal polity or diocese of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese is the Anglican bishopric of the head of the fish in the lower and western regions of the North Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand; also known as the synod (or in Māori: Te Hui Amorangi).

According to a 2001 census, there were approximately 14,000 Māori Anglicans living in these regions.

Te Manawa o Te Wheke is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Ministry

There are several rohe, or ministry units, within Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika. These are:

Taranaki-ki-te-Tonga
Taranaki
Wainui-a-rua
Aotea-Kurahaupo
Manawatu-Rangitikei
Poneke
Te Awakairangi
Whitireia

Bishops

The first bishop, Te Pīhopa o Te Upoko o Te Ika, was Muru Walters, from his consecration on 7 March 1992 until his retirement in 2018 and the administrator manager is Teri-Rori Kirkwood. On 4 May 2019, it was announced that Wai Quayle, Archdeacon of Wairarapa (in Te Pīhopatanga), was to become the next Pīhopa; she took her See with her consecration as a bishop on 12 September at Masterton by Don Tamihere, Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti (with his fellow-Primates Philip Richardson and Fereimi Cama). Quayle was made deacon in 2013 and ordained priest in 2014, by Walters in Masteron.

References

^ "Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa o Te Upoko o Te Ika". anglican.org.nz. Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 145)
Clarke-Morris, Julanne (4 May 2019). "First Māori woman elected bishop". Anglican Taonga. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ Clarke-Morris, Julanne (14 September 2019). "Bishop Waitohiariki's day of firsts". Anglican Taonga. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

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

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

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