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Oceania

Confronting family violence

Confronting family violence

Frontline Anglican family workers from throughout the South Pacific will soon gather in Lower Hutt with movers and shakers within the Church to plan new ways to counter family violence in our region.

30 September 2010

Polynesia hears the voice of youth

Polynesia hears the voice of youth

Extracts from the sermon by Sepiuta Hala'api'api', youth coordinator for the Diocese of Polynesia, at Bishop Winston Halapua's service of installation held at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Suva, Fiji, early August.

27 September 2010

Australians invite rest of Communion to replicate successful welcomers scheme

Australians invite rest of Communion to replicate successful welcomers scheme

Anglicans in the Australian diocese of Perth are calling on others across the Communion to join them in giving newcomers from overseas a warm Christian welcome.

16 September 2010

Australian Anglican Military Chaplain Targets Spiritual Wounds

Australian Anglican Military Chaplain Targets Spiritual Wounds

An Anglican Army chaplain who recently served in Afghanistan has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to help heal war veterans suffering from spiritual wounds.

07 September 2010

Australia: Appellate Tribunal rejects move to allow deacons to preside at Eucharist

Australia: Appellate Tribunal rejects move to allow deacons to preside at Eucharist

The Anglican Church of Australia's Appellate Tribunal says it disagrees with the Diocese of Sydney's decision that people other than priests may preside at Eucharist.

20 August 2010

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea elects a new Archbishop

The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea elects a new Archbishop

The decision making body of the Anglican Church of PNG (ACPNG), known as the Provincial Council has elected a new Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. The election took place at the Provincial Council Meeting which was held in Port Moresby on 11th June 2010

18 June 2010

Winston Halapua becomes third Archbishop

Winston Halapua becomes third Archbishop

At 10.45am on the 12th May Archbishop Brown Turei declared that Bishop Winston Halapua had been elected as the new Bishop of Polynesia – and therefore, as one of the three Archbishops of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

18 May 2010

New Bishop in Auckland

New Bishop in Auckland

Representatives from throughout the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia will gather this Saturday for the ordination and installation of the Very Rev Ross Bay as the 11th Bishop of Auckland. The service begins at 1pm in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Parnell, Auckland.

16 April 2010

Archbishop Jabez Bryce Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia has died in Suva

Archbishop Jabez Bryce Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia has died in Suva

Archbishop Bryce, who was 75, had led the Diocese of Polynesia for almost 35 years – and he was, at time of his death, the longest-serving bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion. 

15 February 2010

The Anglican Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council - Communique

The Anglican Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council - Communique

The Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council (AOCICC) met in the International Study Centre, Canterbury, England, from 26 to 29 October 2009. The Council welcomed the Revd Carola von Wrangel from the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe as a new member.

04 November 2009