Anglican Diocese of Waiapu

Diocese of Waiapu
Diocese of Waiapu
Bishopric
	Arms of the Diocese of Waiapu
	Incumbent:; Andrew Hedge
Style	The Right Reverend
Location
Country	New Zealand
Territory	North Island
Ecclesiastical province	Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Headquarters	Napier
Coordinates	39°29′40″S 176°54′59″E
Information
First holder	William Williams
Formation	1858
Denomination	Anglican
Cathedral	Saint John's Cathedral
Current leadership
Parent church	Anglican Communion
Major Archbishop	Primate of New Zealand; Pīhopa Mātāmua;
Bishop	Andrew Hedge
Website
	www.waiapu.com

The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the 13 dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.^[1] The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupō, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the Waiapu River.

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The Diocese was established in 1858. The seat of the Bishop is the Waiapu Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, Napier.

Andrew Hedge is the current bishop, having been installed on St Luke's Day, 18 October 2014.

Bishops of Waiapu
Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	William Williams	1859	1876	^[2]
2	Edward Stuart	1877	1894
3	Leonard Williams	1895	1909	Son of William Williams^[3]^[4]
4	Alfred Averill	1910	1914
5	William Sedgwick	1914	1929	From 1928 until the 1970s, the Bishop of Aotearoa was a suffragan bishop of Waiapu
6	Herbert Williams	1930	1937	Grandson of William Williams^[5]
7	George Gerard	1938	1944
8	George Cruickshank	1945	1946
9	Norman Lesser	1947	1971	Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961
10	Paul Reeves	1971	1979
11	Ralph Matthews	1979	1983
12	Peter Atkins	1983	1990
13	Murray Mills	1991	2002
14	John Bluck	2002	2008
15	David Rice	2008	2014	Translated as Bishop of San Joaquin, USA
16	Andrew Hedge	18 October 2014 (2014-10-18)	incumbent

List of bishops