| Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
| Waiapu | |
| Coat: | Angl-NZ-Waiapu-Arms.svg |
| Coat Caption: | Arms of the Diocese of Waiapu |
| Incumbent: | Andrew Hedge |
| Style: | The Most Reverend |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Territory: | North Island |
| Province: | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Headquarters: | Napier |
| First Incumbent: | William Williams |
| Date: | 1858 |
| Denomination: | Anglican |
| Particular Church: | --> |
| Cathedral: | Saint John's Cathedral |
| Parent Church: | Anglican Communion |
| Bishop: | Andrew Hedge |
| Bishop Title: | Bishop |
| Suffragan: | for one --> |
| Suffragans: |
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| Assistant Bishop: | for one --> |
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.
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.
The following individuals have served as the Bishop of Waiapu, or any precursor title:
| Bishops of Waiapu | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
| 1859 | 1876 | [2] | |||
| 1877 | 1894 | ||||
| 1895 | 1909 | Son of William Williams[3] [4] | |||
| 1910 | 1914 | ||||
| 1914 | 1929 | From 1928 until the 1970s, the Bishop of Aotearoa was a suffragan bishop of Waiapu | |||
| 1930 | 1937 | Grandson of William Williams[5] | |||
| 1938 | 1944 | ||||
| 1945 | 1946 | ||||
| 1947 | 1971 | Also Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961 | |||
| 1971 | 1979 | ||||
| 1979 | 1983 | ||||
| 1983 | 1990 | ||||
| 1991 | 2002 | ||||
| 2002 | 2008 | ||||
| 2008 | 2014 | Translated as Bishop of San Joaquin, USA | |||
| incumbent | |||||
In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: A. N. Brown was Archdeacon of Tauranga and Leonard Williams of Waiapu.[6]
Archdeacon of Waiapu[7]
Archdeacon of Tauranga