Leonard Alufurai Explained

Leonard Alufurai, OBE (1925–2000) was the inaugural Bishop of Malaita.^[1]

Alufurai was born in Lau Lagoon, Malaita and educated at St. Mary's School, Maravovo, All Hallows' School, Te Aute College and St. John's College, Auckland. He was ordained deacon in 1952, and priest in 1956. Later he was Rural Dean of Malaita,^[2] then Archdeacon of the East Solomons from 1968 to 1975. He was also a member of the Malaita Council. On 30 November 1963 he and Dudley Tuti were consecrated Assistant Bishops in the Diocese of Melanesia.^[3]

He moved to Honiara, but returned to Malaita and died on the 12 September 2000 at Kilu'ufi Hospital in Auki. ^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moore . Clive . Alufurai, Leonard - Biographical entry - Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978 . 2023-08-19 . www.solomonencyclopaedia.net . en-gb.
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 20 London: Oxford University Press, 1983
3. Web site: Sermon on the Occasion of Reverend Leonard Alufurai and the Reverend Dudley Tuti Being Consecrated Assistant Bishops of Melanesia at All Saints' Cathedral, Honiara, on Saint Andrew's Day 1963. . 2023-08-19 . anglicanhistory.org.
4. News: Moore . Clive . Alufurai, Leonard - Biographical entry - Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978 . 2024-05-11 . en-gb.