The Diocese of Ysabel is one of the ten current dioceses within the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
It was one of the four founding dioceses established in 1975[1] and was inaugurated on 1 March 1975 at Jejevo Primary School. The diocese currently encompasses four regions and 28 districts or parishes, with its headquarters in Jejevo, Buala, located on Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands.
List of bishops
edit| Bishops of Ysabel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1975 | 1980 | Dudley Tuti | First bishop; previously assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia since 1963; retired in 1980 and knighted. |
| 1981 | 1994 | Ellison Pogo | Second bishop; consecrated and installed on 1 November 1981;[2] became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1994 and knighted. |
| 1995 | 1999 | Walter Siba | Third bishop. |
| 2000 | 2003 | Zephaniah Legumana | Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 28 January 2000.[3] |
| 2004 | 2015 | Richard Naramana | Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 18 April 2004;[4] retired September 2015.[5] |
| 2015 | present | Ellison Quity | Sixth bishop; elected 10 November 2015.[5] |
References
edit- ^ Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2016).
- ^ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) pp. 9–10. (Accessed 25 August 2016)
- ^ Small publications, p. 24. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ^ Small publications, p. 29. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ^ a b Anglican Church of Melanesia — ACoM elects new Bishop for Ysabel Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2016)