George Connor (bishop) explained

George Howard Douglas Connor (born 1942) was the eighth bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]

Connor was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1966.[2] He was a Theological Tutor for the Church of Melanesia and then a Maori Mission priest for the Diocese of Waiapu. He was Archdeacon of Waiapu and then Regional Bishop in the Bay of Plenty. He was consecrated bishop 2 April 1989 and served the Bay of Plenty until 2005 when he was translated to Dunedin.[3] He resigned his episcopal see on 30 November 2009.[4]

He additionally served as Convening Bishop of Tikanga Pakeha (New Zealand dioceses), 1998–2006, and as such Co-Presiding Bishop of New Zealand, 2004–2006; in retirement, he has served as He Pīhopa Āwhina (an honorary assistant bishop) in Te Tai Tokerau since 2010. In 2012 he completed a master's degree in history at Massey University.[5] He is married to Nonie Connor.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who]
  2. [Crockford's clerical directory]
  3. http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019
  4. http://www.dn.anglican.org.nz/about_us/bishop/bishop.shtml Diocesan web site
  5. Connor . George Howard Douglas . Whāia te atuatanga : theological education, text books, Te Rau College, cultures and contexts . 2012 . MA (History) . .
  6. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/misc/angcommuniondirectory.html Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000