Archbishop of Melanesia
List of bishops

Archbishop of Melanesia

Section Title: List of bishops
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Bishops of Melanesia

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

1861	1871	John Patteson	Martyred in office.

1877	1892	John Selwyn	Invalided back to the United Kingdom.

1894	1911	Cecil Wilson	Translated to Bunbury, Australia.

1912	1919	Cecil Wood	Returned to the United Kingdom.

1919	1928	John Steward	Returned to the United Kingdom.

1928	1931	Frederick Molyneux	Assistant bishop in Melanesia since 1924; resigned following a mental breakdown.

1931	1937	John Dickinson, Assistant Bishop of Melanesia	Assistant bishop only; returned to the United Kingdom.

1932	1947	Walter Baddeley	Translated to Whitby and later Blackburn.

1948	1958	Sydney Caulton

1958	1967	Alfred Hill

1968	1975	John Chisholm	Previously auxiliary bishop in New Guinea; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1975.

Archbishops of Melanesia

1975	1975	John Chisholm	Died in office.

1975	1987	Norman Palmer

1988	1993	Amos Waiaru	Translated from Temotu.

1994	2008	Ellison Pogo	Translated from Ysabel; knighted in 2000.

2009	2015	David Vunagi	Translated from Temotu.

17 April 2016	present	George Takeli	Translated from Temotu.

assistant bishops

1963	1975	Duddley Tuti	Assistant for the Ysabel region; became first Bishop of Ysabel.

1963	1975	Leonard Alufurai	Assistant for the Malaita region; consecrated 30 November 1963; became first Bishop of Malaita.

1974	1975	Derek Rawcliffe	Assistant for the New Hebrides; became first Bishop of Vanuatu.

Sentence(s)

After Palmer's retirement, the archbishop was Amos Waiaru, who served until Ellison Pogo replaced him in the office where he served for fourteen years, from 1994 to 2008.

final_sentence: After Palmer's retirement, the archbishop was Amos Waiaru, who served until Ellison Pogo replaced him in the office where he served for fourteen years, from 1994 to 2008.