Name Richard Ellena Predecessor Derek Eaton | Ordination 1985 Consecration 2007 | |
Church Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Diocese Anglican Diocese of Nelson | ||
(Victor) Richard Ellena (born 15 January 1951 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nelson since 5 February 2007.
He was educated at the University of Canterbury after which he worked as a teacher until studying for the Priesthood. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1985 and has held incumbencies at Kensington-Otipua, Blenheim and Marlborough, where he was also the area's Archdeacon.
He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at 5 February 2007. An orthodox Evangelical Anglican, he is a supporter of the Anglican realignment, having attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, at 19-23 April 2010, and the GAFCON II, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 21-26 October 2013.
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