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Upoko o Te Ika calls Electoral College

Te Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika has announced they will hold an Electoral College to discern who will serve as their next Bishop.

Taonga News  |  20 Mar 2019

Te Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika – the Māori Anglican Bishopric of the southern region of the North Island – has announced they will hold an Electoral College to discern who will become the next Bishop of Upoko o Te Ika. 

  The Electoral College for Te Upoko o Te Ika will take place over the Friday and Saturday of 5-6 April 2019 at Ōwae Marae at Waitara in Taranaki.

 A pōwhiri will be held for delegates and guests at Ōwae Marae at 4pm on Friday 5 April. The Electoral College will convene at 8pm after evening karakia at 7pm.

 Seven candidates for Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika have been nominated and the Hui Amorangi have decided to make their names known. They are as follows:

The Reverend Cecilia Diana Rooderkirk

The Reverend Canon Major Darren O’Callaghan

The Venerable Donald Morris Rangi

The Reverend Dr Wayne (Rangi) Nicholson

The Venerable Waitohiariki Quayle

The Venerable Wiremu (Bill) Tūtepuaki Kaua

The Venerable Tieki (Jack) Faenza Kaa

 Archbishop Don Tamihere will preside at the Electoral College and Archbishop Philip Richardson will serve as its chaplain.

  Archbishop Don has encouraged Anglicans around the province to pray for the Electoral College using the following prayer in Māori or English:

 

E te Atua o te aroha

E kōrerotia ana e ngā rangi i tōu korōria,

E whakaaturia ana e te kikorangi i ōu mahi tohu katoa,

Kia tau ki te whānau a Te Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika

ko tōu atawhai me tōu rangimārie

Kia tūtuki i a rātou mahi tapu i runga i tōu aroha,

Ki tāhau e pai ai

Ko Ihu Karaiti hoki tō mātou Ariki,

Āmine.

 

God of love

The heavens speak of your glory

The skies above proclaim your salvation

May your grace and peace be upon Te Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika

that their sacred task would be fulfilled in your love

and according to your will

Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

 

The next Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika will succeed Bishop Muru Walters who retired in 2018 after 25 years service as Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika.

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