Richard Ellena Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Richard Ellena
Bishop of Nelson
Church:Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Diocese:Nelson
Predecessor:Derek Eaton
Successor:Steve Maina
Ordination:1985
Consecration:2007
Birth Date:1951

Victor Richard Ellena (born 15 January 1951 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nelson[1] between 3 February 2007 and his retirement at the end of 2018.

He was educated at the University of Canterbury after which he worked as a teacher until studying for the Priesthood. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1985 and has held incumbencies at Kensington-Otipua,[2] Blenheim and Marlborough, where he was also the area's Archdeacon.[3]

He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at 3 February 2007.[4] An Evangelical Anglican, he is a supporter of the Anglican realignment, having attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, at 19–23 April 2010, and the GAFCON II, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 21–26 October 2013.[5]

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who]
  2. http://www.nelsonanglican.org.nz/diocese/fBishop.aspx Bishop’s Biography
  3. http://www.anglican.org.nz/Resources/CDFRONT2005.pdf NZ clerical Directory
  4. http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019
  5. http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/25-october/news/uk/gafcon-looks-to-the-future Gafcon looks to the future, 25 October 2013, Church Times, London