Willie Pwaisiho

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Willie Pwaisiho
Bishop of Malaita
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Bishop Pwaisiho in 2024
Diocese Diocese of Malaita
In office1981–1989
Other post(s)General Secretary, Melanesian Board of Mission (1990–1995)
Honorary assistant bishop, Diocese of Chester (1997–2019)
Rector of Gawsworth (1999–2019)
Orders
Ordination1974 (deacon); 1975 (priest)
Consecration28 June 1981
Personal details
Born (1948-05-14) 14 May 1948 (age 76)
Nationality Melanesian
Denomination Anglican
ParentsStephen Honiuhi & Esther Makatoro [1]
SpouseKate Kome Oikada [1]
Children2 sons; 3 daughters [1]
Alma mater Bishop Patteson Theological College, Kohimarama

William Alaha Pwaisiho, OBE (called Willie; [2] born 14 May 1948) [1] is a retired Anglican bishop who served as a bishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia and then a priest in the Church of England. [3] [4]

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Early ministry

Pwaisiho was ordained a deacon in 1974 and a priest in 1975; he was Chaplain to Norman Palmer, Archbishop of Melanesia and to the Police in Honiara, both in 1976. He then became curate (the first missionary priest from Melanesia), at Mission Bay, New Zealand (1977–1978) then Chaplain and Tutor, Bishop Patteson Theological College in Kohimarama (1979–1980) where he himself had trained. His final post before appointment to the episcopate was as Dean of St Barnabas Provincial Cathedral, Honiara (1980–1981). [1]

Bishop of Malaita

His election to become the second Bishop of Malaita was reported in May 1981 [2] and he was duly consecrated on 28 June 1981 at Malaita Cathedral. [5] He resigned as Bishop of Malaita in 1989, becoming a tutor at the Melanesian Brotherhood HQ in Tabalia for a year, then the first General Secretary of the Melanesian Board of Mission, Honiara until 1995. [1]

Parish ministry

Pwaisiho returned to parish ministry, first in the east of Honiara, 1995–1997, then in the UK as assistant curate at St Anne and St Francis, Sale [6] until 1999. With his arrival in Sale he was licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Chester, and following his curacy in Sale, he was appointed Rector of Gawsworth, Cheshire in 1999. [7] In Cheshire, he has served as Chaplain to John Richards, High Sheriff (2002–2003); as Honorary Chaplain to the national charity CrimeBeat (2004–present); and a Member of the Ethnic Minority Independent Advisory Group for Cheshire Constabulary. He became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2004 and is also a member of Melanesian Mission UK and of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Pacific Forum. [1] He retired from Gawsworth in January 2019. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "In brief: Two new bishops" . Church Times . No. 6170. 15 May 1981. p. 4. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 August 2016 via UK Press Online archives.
  3. "William Alaha Pwaisiho" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. Pacific Islands Monthly: PIM. P.M.B. document. Pacific Publications. 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  5. List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) (Accessed 24 August 2016)
  6. "Appointments" . Church Times . No. 7024. 26 September 1997. p. 6. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 August 2016 via UK Press Online archives.
  7. "Appointments" . Church Times . No. 7099. 5 March 1999. p. 4. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 24 August 2016 via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Bishop William announces his retirement". 9 March 2018.
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Preceded by Bishop of Malaita
19811989
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