Philip Richardson (bishop)
Philip Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Taranaki and Archbishop of New Zealand | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Diocese | Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki |
| See | Taranaki |
| In office | 1999–present (Taranaki) May 2013–present (Senior Bishop) |
| Predecessor | David Moxon (as Senior Bishop) |
| Other post(s) | suffragan Bishop in Taranaki (1999–2008) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 Devonport, New Zealand |
Philip Richardson (born 1958 in Devonport) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. Since 2008, he has been the Bishop of Taranaki; one of two co-equal diocesan bishops of the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. Since 2013, he has also been the (Tikanga Pakeha); this makes him one of the three co-equal Archbishops and Primates of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.[1][2][3] From his consecration on 10 July 1999[4] until 2008, he was the suffragan Bishop in Taranaki under the diocesan Bishop of Waikato in the then-Diocese of Waikato.
References[]
- ^ "The beginning of the story..." The Bishop’s Action Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "New Archbishop 'a community visionary'". Anglican Tonga. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "New Anglican Archbishop named". Taranaki Daily News. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 146)
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- Living people
- Primates of New Zealand
- 1958 births
- 21st-century Anglican archbishops in New Zealand