Anglican Diocese of Christchurch

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Template other The Diocese of Christchurch is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Conway River and the Waitaki River in the South Island of New Zealand.

History

The Diocese of Christchurch was established in 1856 by the subdivision of the Diocese of New Zealand. Henry Harper, who arrived in Lyttelton on the Egmont on 23 December 1856, was the first bishop. The seat of the Bishop of Christchurch was at ChristChurch Cathedral until its demolition following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The current seat is in the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch.

Before the Christchurch Diocese was founded, it was intended that Thomas Jackson would be installed as a bishop for the South Island, with would his See located at Lyttelton.

List of bishops

Bishops of Christchurch
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1856	1890	Henry Harper	Also Primate of New Zealand since 1869; retired.
1890	1925	Churchill Julius	Previously Archdeacon of Ballarat; also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1922; retired.
1926	1951	Campbell West-Watson	Translated from Barrow-in-Furness; also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1940; retired.
1951	1966	Alwyn Warren	Previously Dean of Christchurch; retired.
1966	1983	Allan Pyatt	Previously Dean of Christchurch; retired.
1984	1990	Maurice Goodall	Previously Dean of Christchurch; retired.
1990	2008	David Coles	Previously Dean of Christchurch; retired.
2008	2018	Victoria Matthews	Translated from Edmonton
2019	present	Peter Carrell	Previously Director of Theology House; Diocesan Ministry Educator, Diocese of Christchurch. Consecrated and installed, 9th Bishop of Christchurch, 9 February 2019.

Archdeacons

The Archdeaconry of Christchurch dates to 1866 when Henry Jacobs became the first (apparently sole) Archdeacon of the diocese Jacobs resigned in May 1889 and was succeeded by Croasdaile Bowen, a brother of Charles Bowen. Bowen did not serve for long, as he had a stroke in November 1889 and died in January 1890.

Archdeacons of Christchurch

• 1902–1909 (res.): Alfred Averill, Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch and Canon

The Archdeaconry of Akaroa dates back to at latest 1855, when Octavius Mathias was collated.

Archdeacons of Akaroa

• 1909–1910 (res.): Alfred Averill, Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch and Canon (became Bishop of Waiapu)

The Archdeaconry of Rangiora existed in the second half nineteenth century, when the whole country had one diocese which was then split in 1856 by the subdivision of the Diocese of New Zealand. Template:Archdeacons of Rangiora

In 1887, there were four archdeaconries: Jacob (by then also Dean) was still Archdeacon of Christchurch; Henry Harper was Archdeacon of Timaru and Westland; Benjamin Dudley of Rangiora and Edward Lingard of Akaroa

Archdeacons of Timaru

• 1945–1953 (res.): Walter Averill, Vicar of St Mary's, Timaru