George Connor (bishop)

George Howard Douglas Connor (born 1942) was the eighth bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]

Connor was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1966.[2] He was a Theological Tutor for the Church of Melanesia and then a Maori Mission priest for the Diocese of Waiapu. He was Archdeacon of Waiapu and then Regional Bishop in the Bay of Plenty. He was consecrated bishop 2 April 1989 and served the Bay of Plenty until 2005 when he was translated to Dunedin.[3] He resigned his episcopal see on 30 November 2009.[4]

He additionally served as Convening Bishop of Tikanga Pakeha (New Zealand dioceses), 1998–2006, and as such Co-Presiding Bishop of New Zealand, 2004–2006; in retirement, he has served as He Pīhopa Āwhina (an honorary assistant bishop) in Te Tai Tokerau since 2010.[3] He is married to Nonie Connor.[5]

References
  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 145)
  4. Diocesan web site
  5. Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000


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