Anne van Gend

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Anne van Gend is a writer and priest who serves as the Ministry Educator in the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.

Van Gend was ordained as a deacon in 1996. [1] Prior to this she worked as a music teacher and a music therapist, including posts as a music therapist and English and music teacher in Australia, Zambia and South Africa. [2] Van Gend earned an A.Mus.A, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching from Griffith University. She has a Master of Theology from Brisbane College of Theology and a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, [3] which explored themes of atonement in teenage fantasy fiction. [4]

Van Gend was ordained as priest in 1997, serving in parishes in the Diocese of Grafton in northern New South Wales. [1] She subsequently served in parishes in South West Queensland in the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, as a Ministry Enabler in the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, and as Ministry Development Officer for the Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory before becoming Executive Director of the Anglican Schools Office of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia from 2014 until 2021. [5]

She was nominated to be the eleventh Bishop of Dunedin in December 2024, and her appointment as bishop-elect was confirmed that month. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clerical Directory 2021/2022
  2. ↑ https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/new-bishop-elect-appointed
  3. ↑ "Anne van Gend" . Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  4. ↑ van Gend, Anne (2015). Speaking of Mysteries: Atonement in Teenage Fantasy Books (PhD thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
  5. ↑ https://www.odt.co.nz/the-star/new-bishop-elect-appointed
  6. ↑ Dunedin, Diocese of. "Diocese of Dunedin". Diocese of Dunedin. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  7. ↑ "Dunedin elects Anne van Gend". Anglican Taonga. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Book review: Restoring the Story: The good news of atonement by Anne van Gend". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
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