Amos Waiaru

Amos Stanley Waiaru, OBE, (1944 — 12 March 2011), was a Solomon Islands divine who served as the third Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.^[1]

Waiaru was educated at Bishop Patteson Theological Centre, Kohimarama, Guadalcanal, and Pacific Theological College ^[2] and ordained deacon in St Barnabas' Cathedral, Honiara, on 10 December 1972, and priest in St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Lolowai, on 4 May 1976.^[3] His first post was as Chaplain at Vureas High School in Vanuatu. From 1981 to 1987 he was Bishop of Temotu in the Solomon Islands.^[4] He was installed as Archbishop of Melanesia on 17 April 1988.^[5]

References

↑ Anglican Communion
↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Amos Stanley Waiaru biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
↑ Crockford’s 1987/88 Lambeth, Church House, 1987 ISBN 0-7151-8066-5
↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 15. (Accessed 25 August 2016)

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Norman Palmer	Archbishop of Melanesia 1988–1993	Succeeded by Ellison Pogo

Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia

Bishops	John Patteson John Selwyn Cecil Wilson Cecil Wood John Steward Frederick Molyneux Walter Baddeley Sydney Caulton Alfred Hill John Chisholm

Archbishops	John Chisholm Norman Palmer Amos Waiaru Ellison Pogo David Vunagi George Takeli

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