Harry Tevi Explained

Harry Sivehi Tevi^[1] (died 14 May 2012)^[2] was the second Anglican Bishop of Vanuatu^[3]

He trained for the priesthood at St Peter's College, Siota and was ordained in 1969.^[4] He was a Lecturer at the Bishop Patteson Theological College in Honiara. He was consecrated a bishop in February 1979, to serve as an Assistant Bishop of the New Hebrides;^[5] he was then elected diocesan Bishop of the New Hebrides on 1 February 1980 and installed the next day.^[6] The diocese's name was changed to Vanuatu that year, around the time of Vanuatu independence.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pambu . 2010-12-20 . 2011-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110224154843/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/newsletters/Pambu2810Aug.html . dead .
2. http://www.dailypost.vu/content/memorial-service-bishop-tevi-today?quicktabs_1=1
3. http://www.anglicancommunion.org/provincialnews/melanesia/client/news/client_news_detail.cfm?naid=207&isPrintable=1 Melanesian Anglican
4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory|Crockfords 1975-76]
5. Book: Melanesians and Missionaries: An Ethnohistorical Study of Social and Religious Change in the Southwest Pacific. 9781579109615. Whiteman. Darrell L.. 10 May 2002.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=FspKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA393