Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Tikanga of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa | |
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| Bishopric | |
Arms of the Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa | |
| Location | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1978 |
| Parent church | Anglican Communion |
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Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is an Anglican regional bishopric or diocese (Māori: Tikanga), that covers the entire country of New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa). The diocese is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa (New Zealand), and is one of the three Tikanga (cultural streams) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
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.