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has gloss | eng: The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of archbishop, each representing one of the three tikanga, or cultural streams of the church: Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa (the Bishopric of Aotearoa, serving Māori), the Dioceses in New Zealand (serving Pākehā) and the Diocese of Polynesia. |
lexicalization | eng: Anglican Primates of New Zealand |
lexicalization | eng: Archbishop of new zealand |
subclass of | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary archpriest, prelate, high priest, hierarch, primate |
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media:img | Selwyn, George Augustus (1809-1878), by Mason & Co..jpg |
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