David Rice (bishop)

David Rice was the 15th Anglican[1] Bishop of Waiapu.[2] He was consecrated on 7 June 2008.[3] An American, he was previously Dean of Dunedin.[4]

Born in Lexington, North Carolina,[5] he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Duke University. Initially a Methodist minister, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the deanery. He resigned the bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in California, USA, where he now serves.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Anglican Communion
  2. ↑ Anglican Diocese of Waiapu
  3. ↑ Scoop NZ
  4. ↑ Hawkes Bay Today
  5. ↑ "New Anglican Bishop of Waiapu". The New Zealand Herald. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. ↑ David Rice elected, seated as bishop provisional, Episcopal News Service, March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John William Bluck		 Bishop of Waiapu
2008–2014 		Succeeded by
Andrew Hedge
Preceded by
Chester Talton		 Episcopal Bishop of San Joaquin
2014–Present 		Incumbent


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