Diocese of Malaita
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The Diocese of Malaita is one of the ten current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. One of the four original ACOM dioceses, Malaita diocese was erected in January 1975; it is currently subdivided into six regions of 46 parishes.
Malaita Province is the most populous and one of the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. It is named after its largest island, Malaita. In 2024, parts of Malaita Island, South Malaita Island and Sikaiana were carved off into the newly formed Diocese of Southern Malaita and Sikaiana.[1]
List of bishops
| Bishops of Malaita | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1975 | 1981 | Leonard Alufurai | First bishop; consecrated assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia on 30 November 1963.[2] |
| 1982 | 1989 | Willie Pwaisiho | Second bishop. |
| 1990 | 1994 | Raymond Aumae | Third bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 May 1990.[3] |
| 1996 | 2008 | Terry Brown | Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 26 May 1996.[4][5] |
| 2008 | present | Sam Sahu | Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 2 November 2008.[6] |
| Assistant bishops | |||
| 2005 | 2017 | Alfred Hou | Consecrated 27 November 2005[7] |
| 2017 | 2024 | Rickson Maomaoru | Consecrated 22 October 2017.[8] Translated to Southern Malaita and Sikaiana, 2024.[1] |