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] In 2012 he completed a master's degree in history at Massey University. [5] He is married to Nonie Connor. [6]
References
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ a b ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 145)
- ^ Diocesan web site
- ^ Connor, George Howard Douglas (2012). Whāia te atuatanga : theological education, text books, Te Rau College, cultures and contexts (MA (History) thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University.
- ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
External links
- Saintly, Sinful or Secular 1814-1895 Viewed through the Lens of Te Māramataka 1895 and Its Historical Notes, by George Connor (2011)
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