consecrated_by previous_post predecessor consecration title type term birth_date article_title name church
ellison pogo bishop of temotu ellison pogo 2000 archbishop of melanesia , bishop of central melanesia archbishop 2009 - 1950 david vunagi
 david vunagi church of the province of melanesia
david vunagi

david vunagi -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is a solomon islands anglican archbishop .
he is the archbishop of melanesia and bishop of the diocese of central melanesia , since 2009 .
he is married and has three children .
he was born in samasodou , in isabel province .
he studied at kgvi secondary school , from 1968 to 1973 .
he achieved a diploma of education in science at the university of the south pacific , in fiji , in 1976 , and a m.b. of education in biology at the university of papua new guinea , in 1982 .
before serving as a priest , he was a teacher at the government school at kgvi and at the selwyn college of the church of melanesia .
vunagi achieved a bachelor of theology at st. john 's college , in auckland , new zealand , in 1990 .
he was a teacher at the bishop patteson theological college kohimarama , in solomon islands , in 1992 .
he moved to canada , where he was assistant priest at st. anselm 's parish in the diocese of new westminster , british columbia , from 1996 to 1998 .
he achieved a master of theology at the vancouver school of theology , in 1998 .
he returned afterwards to the solomon islands , where he was a priest in the diocese of ysabel .
in 1999 , he went back to teaching at the selwyn college , where he was principal .
he became mission secretary at the provincial headquarters of the church of melanesia , in 2000 .
vunagi was elected the same year bishop of the diocese of temotu , which he was until 2009 .
he was elected the 5th archbishop and primate of the church of the province of melanesia in 4 march 2009 , in a provincial electoral board , held in honiara , being enthroned at 31 may 2009 .
he attended the global south fourth encounter , in singapore , from 19 -- 23 april 2010 , and was also represented at the global south conference that took place in bangkok , from 18 -- 20 july 2012 .
