Melter Tais Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend Datuk
Melter Jiki Tais
Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of South East Asia
Bishop of Sabah
Ordination:1993
Consecration:2015
Religion:Anglican
Province:Church of the Province of South East Asia
Diocese:Diocese of Sabah
Enthroned:9 February 2020 (as Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of South East Asia)
2015 (as Bishop of Sabah)
Ended:23 January 2024 (as archbishop)
Predecessor:Ng Moon Hing (as Archbishop of the Church of the Province of South East Asia)
Albert Vun Cheong Fui (as Bishop of Sabah)
Successor:Titus Chung (as archbishop)
Birth Place:Sabah

Melter Jiki Tais is the Anglican Bishop of Sabah and was the sixth Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of South East Asia from 2020 to 2024. In 2015, he became the first native of Sabah to be installed as bishop of that diocese.[1]

Priesthood

The archbishop was ordained to the priesthood in 1993 and was appointed to many positions in the Diocese of Sabah, including Priest-in-Charge of St Margaret’s Church in Keningau and St Peter’s Church in Tenom, Rector of St Mark’s Church in Lahad Datu and St Luke’s Mission District in Telupid.

References

  1. Web site: Anglican Communion News Network . 18 February 2020 . Archbishop Melter Jiki Tais installed as Primate of the Church of the Province of South East Asia .