Allan Migi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Allan Rirme Migi
Primate of Papua New Guinea
Church:Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
See:Lae
Term:3 September 2017–11 May 2020[1]
Predecessor:Clyde Igara
Ordination:1990 (as priest)[2]
Consecration:2000
Birth Date:1960
Birth Place:Gasmata
Death Date:22
Death Place:Gasmata
Previous Post:Bishop of the New Guinea Islands (2000–2017)

Allan Rirme Migi (1960 – 22 October 2020) was a Papua New Guinean bishop who served as archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea from 3 September 2017 to 11 May 2020. He had previously served as Bishop of the New Guinea Islands between 2000 and 2017.

Migi was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of New Guinea Islands in 2000. The senior bishop of his province, he was elected by the Provincial Council of five members in July 2017, to replace Clyde Igara as the 7th archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. His enthronement took place at All Souls Church, in Lae, on 3 September 2017. His leadership was based in Lae, in the Morobe Province, since November 2017. He also oversaw the Diocese of Aipo Rongo. Anglican bishops from the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Australia, the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, and the Anglican Church of Melanesia, attended his enthronement.[3] [4]

Migi resigned on 11 May 2020 due to ill health. He died on 22 October 2020 at his home village, Gasmata, in the Western Province from COVID-19.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Allan Migi resigns due to ill health . Anglican Board of Mission . Anglican Church of Australia . 30 August 2020 . 4 May 2020.
  2. News: The Most Revd Allan Migi Archbishop of Papua New Guinea . 23 October 2020 . Anglican Communion News Service . Anglican Communion Office . 22 September 2017.
  3. Web site: New archbishop for Papua New Guinea, Anglican Ink, 4 September 2017 . 26 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127084102/http://anglican.ink/article/new-archbishop-papua-new-guinea . 27 January 2018 . dead .
  4. https://postcourier.com.pg/bishop-allan-ordained-reverend/ Bishop Allan Ordained Most Reverend, Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 5 September 2017
  5. Web site: RIP ALLAN MIGI – former Archbishop of Papua New Guinea . Anglican Board of Mission . Anglican Board of Mission - Australia . 23 October 2020.