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 Christ's College, Christchurch[2] and St John's College, Auckland. He was ordained deacon in 1965, priest in 1966. [3] [4] 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.[5] He resigned his episcopal see on 30 November 2009.[6]
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.[7] He is married to Nonie Connor.[8]