Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Māori Anglican Church in New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa (New Zealand), and one of the three Tikanga (cultural streams) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
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Country | Aotearoa, New Zealand |
Ecclesiastical province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parent church | Anglican Communion |
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The first Māori Bishop was appointed in 1928, and the Pīhopatanga itself was established by General Synod as an autonomous body in 1978. According to the 2001 census there were approximately 75,000 Māori Anglicans in Aotearoa, which made it the largest Māori denomination. The Māori tikanga of the church is headed by Don Tamihere, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa / Bishop of Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti / Bishop of Tairāwhiti; Tamihere is the sixth Pīhopa o Aotearoa, succeeding the late Archbishop Brown Turei.