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- ↑ "Port Moresby Bishop-Elect". Papua New Guinea Church Partnership - Easter 2015 Newsletter. Papua New Guinea Church Partnership. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Webmaster (25 May 2015). "Church appoints bishop to city diocese". The National . The National. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ↑ Migi, Allan (15 August 2019). "Regarding the Diocese of Port Moresby". Anglican Board of Mission. Anglican Church of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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